If you love the dramatic perspective that an ultra-wide angle lens can produce, the Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS ($1,349.99) is a lens that should be on your radar. When paired with a full-frame camera , like those in Sony's Alpha 7 series, it captures a wide swath of scenery.

Sharp throughout range; Optically stabilized design; Compact; Ultra-wide field of view; Dust and moisture resistant design

Distortion throughout zoom range; Pricey

I recently moved from the A6000 to A7ii full frame. Having owned a number of lenses for APS-C, I was torn in moving to the A7 series whether I should go with primes or zooms. I mainly do landscape photography and I was hesitant to go with this zoom lens over a dedicated prime.

I purchases a new Zeiss FE 16-35mm F4 lense and received an used, dirty lense with both caps, for front and back, all fell off inside the lense bag before I opened it. The lense hood was attached with the lense, just like someone had used it then returned and not bother to put it back in the right...

Well made lens. Tight tolerances. Extremely sharp in center, very good at corners. Using it on Sony A7r and works like a charm. Not many other lens options available for this camera with FE mount. This one at 18 oz. is not light but lighter than others.

During the introduction of the NEX system, Sony followed a rather erratic strategy regarding the introduction of new lenses. It seems as if they have learned quite a bit in the process because they are much more focused when it comes to the new FE mount.

I absolutely love this lens. This is such a versatile lens that you can use for so many things. I am a content creator on YouTube and Instagram and it is great for vlogging and also taking pictures. No issues with low light. This is a must for any Sony camera bag.

I love this lens. In my opinion, this is a well built good quality piece of glass accompanied by the awesome quality of pictures which, to me, matters the most. I don't want to do a lengthy review of this item. To me, awesomeness is what I use to describe about the overall quality of this lens.

Lightweight; very well made; sharp edge to edge

Reversed zoom but does not bother me

The Sony 16-35 is a really good lens. I'd say it's one of the better lenses in the FE system. At 16mm this lens performs astonishing. This is, if you get what you want in focus, since the lens suffers from quite some field curvature.

size; center sharpness; build quality

performance >24mm; field curvature

Whilst it is a pricey lens, it is significantly cheaper than the newer G Master f2.8 version, and this f4 version does compare very well against its bigger brother. It does, of course, lose out a stop against the GM, but the 16-35mm f4 is smaller, lighter, cheaper, and image quality is superb, and...

I was looking for a high quality wide zoom for my Sony A7Riii, mainly for landscape work. The obvious candidates were the Sony f/4 or the GM f/2.8 lenses. Having checked various websites and compared test shots I bought the F4 ZA and have not been disappointed in any way.