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Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Sony |
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| Model | Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80 mm f/3.5-4.5 |
| Lens style | Universal zoom |
| Focal length | 16 - 80 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/3.5 - 4.5 |
| Angle of view | 83 - 20 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 0.35 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:4.16 |
| Minimum aperture | 29 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 7 |
| Auto focus type | AF |
| Lens Construction | 14 elements / 10 groups |
| Filter diameter | 62 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Sony A / Minolta |
| Dimensions | 72 x 83 mm |
| Weight | 445 g |
| Additional information | 2 aspherical lenses. Anounced: June 2006. |
Average rating (3 owners reviews).
| Build quality | 3.33 |    |
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| Optical quality | 4.67 | |
| Value for money | 4.33 | |
| Overall | 4.11 | |
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: 375 GBP (S
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Some reports of quality issues re loose zoom and AF at wide end (though my second hand copy is fine). Costly brand new (but mine was a bargain S/H)
Pros: SHARP!!!!! Good contrast and colours
Summary: Solidly built, useful range on an aps C and this lens is sharp, particularly with a little PP sharpening in software - I took a full 16MP image and cropped it down to 1/8th the original size and was amazed at how sharp the 2 figures in my picture were in the much smaller crop. An excellent walkaround lens.
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: 600 Euro
User profile: Semipro
Cons: - Build quality could be better, zoom creep and slight wobbling - No SSM
Pros: - Sharp as a razor - Useful focal range - Nice aperture range compared to peers - Not bulky or to heavy
Summary: Great walk around zoom lens with amazing optics. Sharp very contrasty and nice colors. Though the build quality is not great (zoom creep and just a plastic feel), it has withstand some serious rain and outside usage.
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: 650 euros
User profile: Amateur
Cons: -Built quality: good but not as good as you would expect from a Zeiss labeled lens. However the price is much lower than other Zeiss lenses. - distortion at 16mm: usual for this kind of zoom but the DSC-R1 was better...
Pros: - colours: zeiss touch, contrast, rich tones, it seems there's a polorizing filter in it - fast: 3.5-4.5 is nice, almost a constant f4 - sharp: do not need to stop down like the other Sony 16-105
Summary: Better than the Sony 16-105 (faster, sharper) and with zeiss colours! Buy it if you can afford it
