The FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G will be available from the end of April 2022 in the Middle East and Africa region.
Sony has introduced its 66th E-mount lens FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G (model SELP1635G) – a wide power zoom with evolved image quality, high-performance autofocus and operability designed for creators.
Murat Gebeceli, Head of Digital Imaging, Sony Middle East & Africa, said: “There is a growing need for ‘hybrid’ products here in the Middle East & Africa region that deliver for both stills and video as the demand for quality content creation continues to grow, especially online. The FE PZ 16-35mm F4 Gis perfectly designed to meet the needs of these users and remove any barriers to their creativity as the world’s lightest constant F4 wide-angle power zoom.”
It has a G lens rendering with AF performance and power zoom in a compact lens that is suitable for compact camera bodies. Overall barrel length remains constant while focusing and zooming, making the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G convenient for vlogging and movie production to remote capture and landscape photography, the company said.
The optical path includes two AA (advanced aspherical) elements, a standard aspherical element, one Super ED (Extra-low Dispersion) and one ED glass element, and one ED aspherical element. Chromatic and spherical aberration are simultaneously controlled to provide excellent optical performance throughout the image area and 16-35 mm zoom range. The use of AA elements in an advanced optical design also ensures close-up performance throughout the zoom range – the minimum focusing distance is 0.28 meters at 16 mm and 0.24 meters at 35 mm, with a maximum magnification of 0.23x.
For the first time in an Alpha lens, the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G uses six of Sony’s original XD (extreme dynamic) Linear Motors for both focus and zoom drive. The FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G works with α-series bodies to acquire focus, and track fast-moving subjects.
Based on feedback from leading creators, Sony specifically designed the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G to deliver the refined imagery and control they need. It features the latest lens technology to reduce focus breathing as well as focus and axial shift when zooming to ensure the highest quality images are easily captured, the company added.
With a newly designed electronic power zoom system that is XD linear motor-driven, the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G provides advanced control with the response and immediacy of non-powered manual zoom.
Furthermore, Linear Response MF ensures that the focus ring responds directly and linearly to subtle control when focusing manually and an aperture ring makes manual aperture control fast and direct.
The FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G weighs just 353 grams, approx. 30% less than the SEL1635Z and is just 80.5 mm x 88.1mm in size with a filter diameter of φ72mm.
More features for the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G include the Iris Lock Switch that can be engaged to prevent the aperture ring from being accidentally moved between the [A] and F4 – F22 settings and the customisable focus hold button for convenient control.
