I've already placed my order for this. While it doesn't seem that large of a zoom range, 24mm is my favoured 'walk around' focal length for travel and city shots. I used to own the 20mm 1.8 - but found it too wide for general use, but too narrow for interiors and close shots in more built up areas. Getting a good 16 and a good 24/25 in one compact package without having to change lenses ticks lots of boxes for me, and I'm looking forward to its arrival.
Thanks for that short review. I'm hopping too for a lens profile in ACR and Lightroom to correct that distortion. If that works, this lens will be ideal for my light travel kit with the A7iv and the 24-50 G. Would be interested in an updated review from you when the profile arrives.
This was the review I was most looking forward to. I was close to purchasing the 24-50mm then the rumor came out they were releasing a 16-25mm. So I held off and waited. It’s a much more useful lens than the 24-50mm since I always shoot with a 50mm prime. Having the flexibility from 16mm is really handy!
Hi, have you learned anything new about the lens profiles for distortion since this was released? Do you feel like that issue has been corrected? Thank you for all your fantastic reviews!
Thanks for your review. In spite of the distortion I’m going to give this a try for my kit based on the A7RC. I found a mint used version at a good price. I do have a FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II that I will continue to use on my A7RV for now but do like the idea of pairing this lens with my FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GMII as well. Will see if I end up keeping it in the long run. Also plan to see how it compares to the Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary which i have. That’s interesting because it has internal zoom which is a feature I wish this zoom had as well. Take care.
The "built in" profile tag means that CA was corrected via info in the RAW file, this does not correct for distortion. You need a "real" Adobe lens profile to do that.
Can't go wrong with either lens. I love the 20G but also see the appeal of this new lens. I'll probably stick with the 20G, but I would love to try this one out too.
Honestly, I don't really see any point of new lenses anymore. It seems to me that all brands already have full lineups of fast, sharp lenses of any kind. The changes to new lenses are minimal and you can easily get amazing results with already existing lenses. What do you think Hugh? Other than the companies wanting to make more money off of us, do you think there's a reason for us to be at all interested in what new lenses come out?
While the LR geometric corrections are yet to arrive, did you get a chance to check a jpeg out of the camera? This would be de-warped by Sony's processing (showing what potential there is to accomplish this), while your LR test would not.
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I've already placed my order for this.
While it doesn't seem that large of a zoom range, 24mm is my favoured 'walk around' focal length for travel and city shots. I used to own the 20mm 1.8 - but found it too wide for general use, but too narrow for interiors and close shots in more built up areas. Getting a good 16 and a good 24/25 in one compact package without having to change lenses ticks lots of boxes for me, and I'm looking forward to its arrival.
Thanks for that short review. I'm hopping too for a lens profile in ACR and Lightroom to correct that distortion. If that works, this lens will be ideal for my light travel kit with the A7iv and the 24-50 G. Would be interested in an updated review from you when the profile arrives.
This was the review I was most looking forward to.
I was close to purchasing the 24-50mm then the rumor came out they were releasing a 16-25mm. So I held off and waited. It’s a much more useful lens than the 24-50mm since I always shoot with a 50mm prime. Having the flexibility from 16mm is really handy!
Hi, have you learned anything new about the lens profiles for distortion since this was released? Do you feel like that issue has been corrected? Thank you for all your fantastic reviews!
I have not, sorry!
Thanks for your review. In spite of the distortion I’m going to give this a try for my kit based on the A7RC. I found a mint used version at a good price. I do have a FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II that I will continue to use on my A7RV for now but do like the idea of pairing this lens with my FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GMII as well. Will see if I end up keeping it in the long run. Also plan to see how it compares to the Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary which i have. That’s interesting because it has internal zoom which is a feature I wish this zoom had as well. Take care.
Please keep me apprised of your conclusions!
The focal range is really interesting. Like the 24-50 or the 20-70. Unique!
Great Review, thanks and Greetings from Frankfurt!
Hallo Frankfurt!
The "built in" profile tag means that CA was corrected via info in the RAW file, this does not correct for distortion. You need a "real" Adobe lens profile to do that.
Thanks for the clarification!
Just bought the Sony 20mm 1.8. Not sure if I should return for this zoom lens. At least 400€ more where I live
Can't go wrong with either lens. I love the 20G but also see the appeal of this new lens.
I'll probably stick with the 20G, but I would love to try this one out too.
I'm curious how the lens compares to cropping in to APS-C on a 16mm prime lens. I like the size but 1.5x zoom isn't much.
Honestly, I don't really see any point of new lenses anymore. It seems to me that all brands already have full lineups of fast, sharp lenses of any kind. The changes to new lenses are minimal and you can easily get amazing results with already existing lenses.
What do you think Hugh? Other than the companies wanting to make more money off of us, do you think there's a reason for us to be at all interested in what new lenses come out?
While the LR geometric corrections are yet to arrive, did you get a chance to check a jpeg out of the camera? This would be de-warped by Sony's processing (showing what potential there is to accomplish this), while your LR test would not.
I didn’t see enough of a difference to be happy (I don’t mean to be flippant)
Would this be solved by a new version of ACR with this lens profile? Or a new release of Sony's software with a profile to address the issue?
Maybe! I hope so!
The distortion looks terrible 😮
I’m hoping Adobe’s profile will take care of it.
Oh no...another 16mm...please Sony look at Nikon 14-30 F4.
Better off buying the 20mm f1.8
Nah
@@Amcacs5654 Yeah..because I’ve already got the 24-70 f2.8 G master ii
I bought 16-25 2.8G and plan to sell 20 1.8G.
@@spikepang I own the 24-70 G master ii and the 20 1.8 so it would be a waste for me