Image courtesy: French Alphadxd forum
The Zeiss 16-35mm FE is finally in Stock in Asia and Europe via stores like Digitalrev, Amazon Japan and FotoHansKeuzeKamp. Some unboxing pics and image samples can be also seen on the French Alphadxd forum. It should ship in US soon too. Check the full shipment date info here:
USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US, Sony Canada.
Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.
Australia and Asia at Sony AUS, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
Image courtesy: FotoHansKeuzeKamp
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Finally Iam about to have the best wide angle zoom that i m waiting for. So eager!
Decent enough… But I don’t think everyone can afford this lens. Competing full frame systems can buy these lenses half the price with the Tokina 16-28 f2.8 and I really really (I mean really really really) want Sony to introduce these kind of lenses both for FE and E-APSC.
You can use this lens 100% on E-APSC
Competing full frame systems aren’t mirrorless and aren’t as small as A7(s,r).
If you want cheaper you have option to use other lenses via adapter via LA-EA4, or manual focus via small adapters.
A good cheaper native FE option would be great, but people always bitch about Sony’s lens selection and here is a fantastic one for FE. People that really ‘need’ it will pay for it and be happy to have it.
Which competing FF mirrorless system do you mean?
The one that only exists in his fantasy world.
Ehm, When did I said FF Mirorrless systems? Put it this way, Use FE system with expensive or few lens choice or use another FF SLR systems and have many lens choice.
You have 2 choice, and for some people it’s not possible to go the FE route. So I (or rather we) want Sony to fix this and from what they did with the A system, they should be able to.
“Tokina 16-28 f2.8 and I really really (I mean really really really) want Sony to introduce these kind of lenses both for FE and E-APSC.”
Nothing like a race to the bottom and ultimately mediocrity, thankfully Sony doesn’t take direction from idiot bloggers that don’t have a clue.
Sony finally releases a decent wide angle zoom (which by all
accounts trounces the 24-70 at the same focal lengths) and people
complain that it’s not the price and quality of the 28-75… Welcome to SAR!
Yes, And what’s wrong with that.
Nothing wrong with the Tokina.
Really nice glass.
What is your proper argument with your so called ‘idiot bloggers that don’t have a clue’?
Anything on the camera to be released in early 2015? Will it use this lens or be an A- mount?
Rumors say E
If Sony fixes some of the earlier issues, it may be my first ff e- mount.
AF is really what would push me. My problem with the 7r is you just can’t trust the AF. Sometimes its great, others its off and the moments gone and its not as if oops it tagged the wrong thing it thinks its in focus but its not. Sure you can work with it, but… That and Im hoping they are going to reduce shutter lag. Jumping to the 7s whose AF is pretty tight, and shutter response awesome will give you whiplash comparatively 🙂 7s polish with a 7r image would be incredible. Not that I don’t love the 7s’s images, I do, they are perfect for events/bts/web usage stuff, and of course the video aspect, just a bit small for wider usage.
Going to be an interesting couple of months to be sure.
Exactly
More affordable native options please.
/shrug, sure that would be nice, but this thing really just needs to be able to perform. Also, releasing in Canada and not the states with the leaves rapidly dropping from the trees, when its a landscape lens, is just dang rude!! Make with the pony Sony! 🙂
B&H says 11/18 for the US shipping date.
yaya 🙂 have it on preorder, and I get why they release in Canada first(boarder running for camera gear due to taxes/price)…just impatient!
3 months and it will be somewhat affordable 😉
I don’t like the box, another Sony Fail.
Yes, and the lens bag is not real leather! Cheap plastic like the lens.
It’s both too cheap and too expensive at the same time, but only on SAR blog.
SAR smash then?
yes the box looks old fashioned rectangular box , I was hoping for more rounded corners
I think Apple has a patent on that…
lmao
Merry Christmas to me!
Great news for everyone who was waiting with bated breath to see what was in the box (a lens, a bag and a hood – who’d have thought) and what it looks like on the camera (like somebody mounted a medium sized zoom on it).
The test shots are interesting – very sharp centres wide open. Corners are a bit soft wide open, but still much better than the 24-70…
It looks too big and heavy for cheap plastic mount cameras like the A7, A7R…
No thanks…
Why not? It would match your plastic A$$ hole.
He could replace it with a TOUGH a$$ hole for $50.
try walk away from your keyboard. bicep curls, hammer curls, shoulder raises. blow dust off camera. go outside. thank you come again….
It’s the BEST Sony FE 16-35mm lens EVER! In the universe! The BEST!
Included wobbly bag match wobbly mount. Not smash, Hulk love attention to detail 🙂
I wonder why didn’t the FE 35/2.8 get a bag as well.
not enough big to make wobble mount wobble -> no wobbly bag included
because the 35mm lens is for men only 😉
A welcome addition to an excellent system that is still very hungry for a lot more native lenses, especially primes. I really hope Sony delivers although 15 lenses (an additional 9) before the end of 2015 sounds extremely challenging.
Really dislike Sony’s branding… So confusing with E mount and A mount packaging ‘looking’ the same as well as both sharing the “Alpha” brand now… so silly Sony!
I really like unboxing videos. It’s like getting sex on your birthday. That’s all I get…