Jordan Steele (admiringlight.com) (2014-01-08)

"The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS is an extremely high quality ultra-wide angle zoom lens for Sony’s full frame mirrorless camera line. It produces images with excellent color and contrast and impressive image sharpness in almost all scenarios. The lens is truly built like a tank and feels wonderful to operate, but that build quality comes with a larger than hoped for size, with no reduction from a DSLR ultra-wide. There’s really little to dislike about the lens. There’s a little corner softness, but almost all ultra-wide zooms have some, and the 16-35 fares better than most in that department. Overall, it’s a very sharp lens let down only by average performance at 35mm and f/4."

Jordan Steele (admiringlight.com)

photozone.de (Klaus Schroff) (2015-02-01)

"The Carl-Zeiss Vario Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 OSS ZA may not be able to convince completely but we actually like it quite a bit. It is capable of delivering sharp results at medium apertures"

photozone.de (Klaus Schroff)

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