Sony 16-35mm G F4 PZ

Sony 16-35mm G lens

A compact design with excellent optics and a motorized zoom function make the SONY PZ 16-35mm f/4G an ideal choice for all types of creators, whether shooting videos, stills, or both. This ultra-wide-angle lens is among the lightest in its class and the constant f/4 aperture strikes an ideal balance that's bright enough to shoot in available light while remaining portable for all-day shots.

Optimized for video

• A perfect companion for content creators, this lens' key features are ideal for video applications, including Power Zoom, suppressed focus breathing, and versatile focus handling, along with a well-balanced design that works well when mounted on a gimbal or drone or used wearable device:
• The electronically controlled Power Zoom mechanism allows smooth zooms during shooting, with control possible through the lens body or selected camera bodies.
• The Power Zoom mechanism uses four XD linear motors for precise, fast and quiet zoom movement.
• Power Zoom can be used in conjunction with the SONY camera's Clear Image Zoom feature, which can further extend the effective range up to 2x while maintaining image quality close to the original. If the zoom speed of the lens is set to Slow and zoom control is done remotely from the camera body, the zoom transition will be seamless from optical zoom to Sharp Image Zoom.
• Internal zoom and internal focus design maintain the full length of the lens during operation.
• Smooth Motion Optics (SMO) suppresses focus breathing to help maintain composition accuracy when changing focus. In addition, this lens also supports the breath compensation function on selected Alpha cameras.

Optical Design

• The wide-angle zoom design covers ultra-wide to standard wide focal lengths and a constant maximum aperture of f/4 offers consistency and a solid balance between brightness and a compact design.
• Two advanced aspherical elements (AA) and one aspherical element help achieve great sharpness and suppress distortion and spherical aberrations.
• Super ED and ED elements promote greater clarity and color accuracy by reducing chromatic aberrations.
• An ED aspherical element further contributes to impressive image quality by correcting a variety of aberrations.
• Special attention has been paid to achieve consistent and sharp performance in all zoom and focus ranges for maximum versatility.
• The rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a smooth bokeh quality.

Versatile focus performance

• An XD linear motor system uses two independent motors to provide fast, quiet and accurate autofocus and tracking performance. This design also contributes to more natural and intuitive linear-response manual focus control and an AF/MF switch is located on the lens cylinder to quickly change the focus mode.
• The internal focus design offers more responsive focusing performance and maintains a constant overall lens length during operation.
• Suitable for close-ups, the minimum focusing distance in the 16mm position is 11" and in the 35mm position it is 9.4" at a maximum magnification of 0.23x.