PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
Is anyone considering to buy this lens?
If so, post your thoughts
I am in doubt. For me:
Pros: Zeiss IQ, travel with one lens, fewer lens changes
Cons: expensive
Cheers
Paolo
If so, post your thoughts
I am in doubt. For me:
Pros: Zeiss IQ, travel with one lens, fewer lens changes
Cons: expensive
Cheers
Paolo
Addy101
Well-known
As you state price as the only negative, I would go for it. $1.000,- isn't that expensive for a Zeiss zoom. That of course is if you've got the money......
pvdhaar
Peter
Are you targeting this as a single travel lens only? Then judged only on its own merits, this 16-70/f4 would probably do very well what you need it to do. And like Addy says, if you've got the money, then go for it.
But from a system perspective, this lens doesn't make sense to me. Not with that focal length range with that aperture for that price. The f4 maximum aperture doesn't allow for a lot of subject isolation, even at 70mm, and shutter speeds will be limited in low light. For that money, I'd want at least an f2.8, even if it wouldn't be a Zeiss but a straight Sony. It seems more logical to bracket the 16-70 range with an ultra-wide and a tele, and have a fast 35/50 in the middle. The ultra wide part is already covered with the very good 10-18/4. The tele end would benefit from a faster alternative to the 55-210, but as it stands now, the difference in speed between f4 and f4.5 at 70mm is much less than a stop.
But from a system perspective, this lens doesn't make sense to me. Not with that focal length range with that aperture for that price. The f4 maximum aperture doesn't allow for a lot of subject isolation, even at 70mm, and shutter speeds will be limited in low light. For that money, I'd want at least an f2.8, even if it wouldn't be a Zeiss but a straight Sony. It seems more logical to bracket the 16-70 range with an ultra-wide and a tele, and have a fast 35/50 in the middle. The ultra wide part is already covered with the very good 10-18/4. The tele end would benefit from a faster alternative to the 55-210, but as it stands now, the difference in speed between f4 and f4.5 at 70mm is much less than a stop.
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
Addy, pvdhaar,
Thank you very much.
Naturally I second all your considerations.
However, I am indedd looking for a single travel lens, and this leads to some compromise.
As I age I am more and more reluctant to tote large bags. Also with a digital camera changes of lens make me nervous (fearing that dust can get on the sensor), whereas it was fun at the times of film.
Overall your remarks encourage me.
But I do not exclude to arrange in future for more sophisticated arrays of lens, as pvdhaar suggests.
I might for example stick with NEX7 and consider a C/Y speed booster (I have many contax M lens) or perhaps add one of the forthcoming FF cameras.
Who knows? Matter for another round of discussion by the time the FF offerings will be definite.
Cheers
Paolo
Thank you very much.
Naturally I second all your considerations.
However, I am indedd looking for a single travel lens, and this leads to some compromise.
As I age I am more and more reluctant to tote large bags. Also with a digital camera changes of lens make me nervous (fearing that dust can get on the sensor), whereas it was fun at the times of film.
Overall your remarks encourage me.
But I do not exclude to arrange in future for more sophisticated arrays of lens, as pvdhaar suggests.
I might for example stick with NEX7 and consider a C/Y speed booster (I have many contax M lens) or perhaps add one of the forthcoming FF cameras.
Who knows? Matter for another round of discussion by the time the FF offerings will be definite.
Cheers
Paolo