Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS Lens Review from Matthew Allard ACS on Vimeo.
Newsshooter (Click here) tested the Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS Lens.
Some a7S owners may think the lens a little too big and heavy to use on their camera but I don’t see it as a problem. If you balance well it can be handheld even without a rig. For hand holding the lens on a a7S I put my right palm underneath the lens collar and use my fingers to operate focus, zoom and iris. With your right hand you can operate all the camera side settings.
The positive aspects of this lens far outweigh the few small drawbacks of this lens. For $2500 it offers a level of performance and a feature set that was previously unobtainable for most shooters. I highly recommend this lens if your a Sony full frame FE mount camera owner
You can see plenty of videos made with the lens on the Newsshooter review page.
Sony FE PZ 28-135mm store links:
US preorder at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStoreUS.
EU preorders at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.
Sony FS7 4K camcorder at Adorama.
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Meanwhile 🙂
http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/world-press-photo-2015-camaras-fotos-ganadoras_12834
How many awards did they give out for videos?
None yet, they come in another month or so.
I guess there will be a change in gear usage in some 30 years or so. People who bought their (Canon) gear 10 years ago will probably stick to Canon their whole life (very rarely will they sell their complete lens line up and all the accessories – flashes, triggers etc. – just to obtain better DR). People who choose ILC today will either switch to DSLR or stick with ILC. So, I guess that in 30 years we will have Canikon having only 50% share of the camera market. In 30 years…
I dumped all my Canon gear for mirrorless and not for the DR.
Yes, you did. But Canon sells ~10.000.000 DSLRs per year. That’s approximately 150.000.000 cameras in last 15 years. If people buy new cameras every 4 years, that means that there are around 35.000.000 Canon shooters out there. That is 35 million times more than you…
I did the same when the A7 came out, I thought the compact size will be great, but then I found out that the body size won’t do anything when you put large size lenses for better optics and the ubalanced system made me sell my A7 and go back to DSLR world again, let alone the lack of pro accessories to complete my system. I think the DSLR system will keep being bullet proof for sometime and that’s why you find people here asking for A mount continuously.
Totally agree mate.
This 28-135FE, along with the 55FE are the two “no-brainer” lenses for the Sony FE camera system.
The Loxia lineup and the 35/2.8FE are both high up there too.
The rest of the lineup is better found elsewhere, on other systems.
ha, my thought exactly
I think the 16-35mm and 70-200mm are also no brainers if you are using the system. 55mm and this are worth switching for though. I think the 35mm f1.4 will definitely end up in one of those two camps as well.
This site is becoming the newsshooter blog.
So what? Some of us also like to shoot video in addition to stills
So what? can video news only come from newsshooter.
Yes, we don’t believe anyone else, or newsshooter for that matter…its all paid advertising.
Be “we” you mean “you”. But thanks for “representing”
No I mean “damn I’m really bored and not even half awake but let’s type some dumb shizzle anyway to see who reacts”
+1 .
Good usage of the word “representing”.
Nope. I’ve seen stuff from EOSHD and Cinema5D on here, too.
A “no brainer”…?
Sony’s new slogan? “Don’t even think about it”. I see where this is going.
If i had the money I would buy this. I’d only need this and a fast 50 and I’m set for videos. I’ll get it in like a year or 2. 😀
Probably the best lens yet for the E mount. In terms of value and quality, it appears there are no equals. Getting this lens once Sony releases a killer pro body like an A9s!
That’s two out of two reviewers who complained about the cheap lens cap provided with a $2500 lens. It’s like putting plastic hubcaps on a new Benzo.
Show a little class Sony.
There is a lens cap but you need the hood in place to put the cap on. Sounds like no problem to me, but if it is, 95mm lens caps are cheap on ebay.
cant wait to see a review for stills… hopefully it performs nearly a good as for video since a high quality “all-in-one” lens is really missing for FE… could be the one lens for a serious photography-holiday, still compact enough (yes, compact! I am used to shoot with A mount FF 70-200/2,8 and stuff like that)
Think the 24-240mm would be more suitable for that purpose.
but image quality with that 10x zoom will most probably far below RX10 quality… and for the price indicated for that 24-240 you now get a RX10…
the most compact lens for E-mount stills 🙂
surely not.. but maybe the most versatile one with great IQ
I was sceptical but you are right, it isn’t even that large compared to the longer but less wide FE70200G. But I think it is a bit overkill for stills and we just have to wait for a stills lens with the same focal range.
Good to know that you can operate this combo even if you have two right hands. Or maybe that is an advantage…. left-handed people be aware!
A-mount has no future.
even if I disagree…this one is for E-mount.
Where is a 24-105 f.4 for e-mount
This lens would have been better off as a 24-120mm f4 cine lens. The extra wide end would have been more useful than the extra tele.
I tested this lens months ago on my A7 for stills and even for stills its sharp. TBH I really like the lens design and functions but it is a bit expensive in my opinion.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/sony-fe-pz-28-135mm-g/
Here is a still shot from this lens few months ago.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/e-studios/15325559312/in/set-72157647507906730
Those are pretty sharp.
“No brainer” an appropriate term for anyone that buys a camera system that only delivers 11+7 bit color at best.
I wonder if this lens isnt re-design of old Minolta lens. Which was pretty awesome too.
FYI for anyone waiting on their B&H pre-order, it’s no longer shipping as of yesterday except for a handful of early birds. Got the notice that their shipping now moved to the earliest timeframe for mid-March. Bummer.
Sony’s 28-135 mm is by far the lowest priced Lenses in it’s category (Cine-Zoom), it’s 1/4 the price of the others at B&H. I still like the FDR-AX1’s Lens far more.
I do not imagine the FDR-AX1’s Lens being priced much different, and I expect the quality of the image is also comparable. The only problem is that Sony does not sell it separate from the FDR-AX1 in an E-Mount.
http://store.sony.com/4k-handycam-camcorder-fdr-ax1-zid27-FDRAX1/cat-27-catid-handycam-professional-capability?_t=pfm%3Dcategory
http://store.sony.com/SNYNA_27/pimg/pSNYNA-FDRAX1_alternate2_v500.png
http://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/explora/sites/default/files/Sony-FDR-AX1-phantom.jpg
While I do wish it were wider that is not going to happen with anything going that long, as it goes so much further than the 28-135, with it’s 20x (31.5-630mm) zoom @ F1.6 – F3.4. If it were constant F2 or 3 and did not go quite as far that would be even better.