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 Sony 16-70Z Vs 18-135 OSS kit lens., Included sigma 16mm F1.4

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post Sep 4 2018, 10:03 AM

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My preference is 16-70.
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post Sep 4 2018, 11:16 AM

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I've personally used the 16-70Z on A6500 and it's a superb combo, works like my Nikon D750 with 24-120.

The 18-135 works like a 28-200 on FF body, and aperture is variable.

I believe both lens are good for their price but comparing 18-135 vs 16-70, the 16-70 is wider, it's like 24mm vs 28mm.

Once it's towards the tele size, 70mm vs 135mm isn't that apparent of a difference but the 16-70 being at f/4 on 70 still gives you some fraction stops of exposure advantage.
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post Sep 4 2018, 05:04 PM

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A6300 / A6500 are superb Sony cameras. I like them for their size, unlike their A7 models.

Super duper fast burst mode too, the A6500 helped me in capturing one of my most memorable photos ever. Couldn't have done it without that blazing burst mode.
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post Sep 4 2018, 06:39 PM

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QUOTE(TrialGone @ Sep 4 2018, 05:50 PM)
Actually there has been wide consensus that for that zeiss price the quality does not differ much from Sony kit 1650mm lens. In fact at certain focal length the Sony 1650mm wins over the zeiss 1670mm in sharpness. It could also due to quality control of the 1670 cause I heard that it varies a lot.
I think the selling point would be the slightly longer reach and being with constant aperture. Having the 1650 being better in IQ dept for a bit is a tiny trade off.

But IQ aside, must see the focusing performance as well.

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post Sep 4 2018, 06:52 PM

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what manual zoom power zoom? power zoom as in the electrical type?

16-50 is electrical ah?
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post Sep 4 2018, 07:07 PM

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Reminds me of Sony RX10, lovely camera but to rely on that zoom is hopeless.
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post Sep 5 2018, 08:26 PM

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QUOTE(TrialGone @ Sep 5 2018, 08:10 AM)
........... you would have hope for better iq and qc.
That's not to say the 16-70 has bad IQ, perhaps 16-50 itself has good IQ. biggrin.gif

I'm not an IQ hunter, not the type that pixel peep a lot. As long as it turns out sharp enough for me it's all good.

IQ and QC are separate matters though, having not so great IQ doesn't mean the QC is bad. To me QC is more related to problematic operation.


 

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