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Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II : Specifications and Opinions

The Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2024. The focus is done by Linear Motor, it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 255 €;

5 users have given it an average vote of 6.4 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Sony.

Specifications
Focal lenght	16-50 mm
Angle of view	83 - 31.6° (equivalent to a 24-75mm in Fullframe 24x36mm format)
Format	APS-C
Max. aperture	f/3.5-5.6
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	9 elements in 8 groups
Min. focus distance	0.25 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.21x
Features
Zoom type	Power Zoom
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Linear Motor
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	40.5 mm
Lens hood	No
Weather sealing	No
Weight	107 g
Dimensions	66 x 31 mm
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Charley

sent on March 12, 2025

Pros: Compact and very light, closed at f8 gives good results at all focal lengths, When it turns on it returns to the last focal length set, ultra fast AF.

Cons: Compared to the old type, none, "plastic" attachment, given the weight, I don't think it's a problem.

Opinion: I don't agree very much, with the majority crying scandal, unhappy with the results, etc etc. Don't buy it, and the problem is solved!. But, if you are looking for a good all-rounder in light outings, landscapes and panoramas, mountain villages, in a lens that mounted on an A6xxx series, allows you to carry it in any pocket of a jacket or jacket, and not to miss the shot, at any time, there is only him!. It is useless to complain about the performance that is not at the top, which then, closed from f 6.3 to f 8 is quite good, at all focal lengths. I made a direct comparison with its predecessor, nothing in particular, a series of shots, with the same focal lengths on both: 16mm, 19mm, 24mm, 30mm, 50mm. Aperture f8. Well, it may be the same scheme, the same lenses, but this version n.2, really has something more, just in terms of sharpness, and contrast, moreover, the old model at 50mm dropped enough to try to avoid the focal length, this one, on the other hand, at 50 is sharper, and you can see it by eye, without even going to zoom in too much. I also add, that having also compared it with the sony 30 macro, if it loses something in the center (it's normal, the other is a macro project), it regains it all and more at the edges. So what?. Sucks? it doesn't seem like it to me. What do we want in 3cm, with a little more than a hectogram of weight? . However, returning to my impressions, based on comparison tests, this version is better than the previous one, it almost seems that the lenses are more transparent, and, shooting directly in Jpeg, it is cleaner even at slightly higher ISO, (maybe they have improved them a bit?), otherwise it is not explained, why it goes better, and is sharper, to all focal lengths, compared to the old model, which, apart from the one of the tests in question, in many years with Sony, I have had several, but they had never convinced me so much, to keep only as a "spare tire", in a corner of the bag, while now, I would say that it is almost funny, it would only lack a little contrast, in addition, to be really excellent.

Sigmarco

sent on August 31, 2024

Pros: Lightness, I use video, photos but only from F8

Cons: Construction, rendering at open apertures, cost

Opinion: What should such a perspective be evaluated for? For microcontrast? Three-dimensionality? No. It serves two purposes: to please those who enter the Sony world with a light lens and zoom. Or to make the body-lens combination light and small. Optically it is not so bad: in video it is excellent (obviously during the day) and for photos if you close the aperture it is more than good. The problem lies in the poor performance at open apertures, and since they are not killer apertures, this in 2024 is decidedly scandalous. The construction is not aligned with Sony standards, the extended barrel dances if you touch it and if you move it back and forth the zoom quickly produces chilling noises. Furthermore, by rotating the ring nut you can NOT have any kind of fluid movement, even if you want to. It goes really jerky. However, if I think about the reason why I bought it, which is to make the ZV-E10 pocket-sized enough to fit in the waist pack or backpack of the mtb, well, it's not that it's perfect, it's that it's the only one that can do it. I take the photos home anyway and the video problems derive more from the crop of the stabilization than from the lens. Ergo all in all he does his job well. The problem if anything is that we are in 2024, and other manufacturers have already shown for years that these lenses can be made, without making them cost a disproportionate, even in a decent way. (see Nikon 16-50). I give an EIGHT vote, because in the end the results are brought home. But it's really narrow, it would be more of a 7.5.

Photos taken with Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II

Sunset on Lake Iseo from Monte Alto

by ilGhisle
23 comments, 765 views

Lake Garda

by Blackr1
6 comments, 197 views

HI RES 20.9 MP

Lake Garda

by Blackr1
9 comments, 541 views

HI RES 23.8 MP

Sakrisoy

by Marcello I.
3 comments, 476 views

Contrasts in Lofoten

by Marcello I.
2 comments, 390 views

HI RES 7.5 MP

Tenerife

by Blackr1
2 comments, 61 views

HI RES 9.2 MP

Milky 1

by Tommy4594
0 comments, 108 views

HI RES 24.2 MP

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At the foot of Assisi

by Massa98
1 comments, 57 views

HI RES 20.1 MP

City Lights

by Massa98
1 comments, 56 views

HI RES 16.1 MP

Monte Baldo

by Blackr1
1 comments, 255 views

HI RES 24.2 MP

London

by Giovannelli
0 comments, 36 views

HI RES 10.5 MP

The catch of the day

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 53 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Untitled Photo

by Giovannelli
0 comments, 26 views

HI RES 19.8 MP

London

by Giovannelli
0 comments, 36 views

HI RES 19.8 MP

At the foot of Assisi

by Massa98
0 comments, 66 views

HI RES 20.3 MP

At the foot of Assisi

by Massa98
1 comments, 82 views

HI RES 20.3 MP

Starry sky Mount Subasio

by Massa98
0 comments, 75 views

HI RES 20.3 MP

Excavator in Pedra de Lume

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 46 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Fisherman in Sal

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 43 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Pedra De Lume salt pans

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 47 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Santa Maria Market Cape Verde

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 44 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Waiting for the catch

by Giovanni De Bernardi
0 comments, 30 views

HI RES 24.0 MP

Starry sky Mount Subasio

by Massa98
0 comments, 78 views

HI RES 20.3 MP

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Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II : Specifications and Opinions

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