Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS | |
Maker: | Sony |
Mount: | Sony E-mount |
Focusdrive: | Micromotor |
Feat-Ws: | n |
Feat-Is: | y |
Feat-Ar: | n |
Feat-Mfo: | y |
Feat-Special: | Power Zoom, Pancake lens |
Application: | Multipurpose |
Type: | z |
Flength: | 16-50mm |
Flength-Eq: | 24-75mm |
Image-Format: | APS-C |
Aperture: | 3.5-5.6 |
Elements: | 9 |
Groups: | 8 |
Diaphragm: | 7 |
Close-Dist: | 0.249m (00.817feet) |
Max-Dist: | Infinity |
Max-Mag: | 0.215x |
Max-Diameter: | 64.7mm |
Max-Length: | 29.9mm |
Weight: | 116g |
Filter: | 40.5mm |
Hood: | None |
Start: | 2012 |
Msrp: | $348[1] |
The Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS is a variable maximum aperture standard zoom lens for the Sony E-mount, announced by Sony on September 12, 2012, and released January 2013. The lens is often bundled with various Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras as a "kit lens".
The lens features a compact construction colloquially referred to as a "pancake lens" and a micromotor-driven power zoom controlled by a switch on the side of the lens and the dual-role focus/zoom ring when the camera is not set to manual focus. Given the lens' focal length of 16-50mm, it is generally regarded as a multipurpose lens, though underperforms in low light situations due to its slower variable minimum aperture of f/3.5-5.6.[2] [3]
The lens has a tendency to produce somewhat soft images, especially near the corners of the image throughout its zoom range. Through the in-lens corrective programming, chromatic aberration and vignetting are reduced by the camera. Vignetting always remains visible with uniform backgrounds, especially at 16mm and always requires out-of-camera correction for applications like product photography. Lens distortion can be seen through at the 16mm end of its zoom range, but gradually fades away toward the 50mm end.[4] [5]