Big Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 FE review at Mobile01!

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Image courtesy: Mobile01

Note: UPDATED Zeiss FE 16-35mm preorder links list:

Zeiss 16-35mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US.

Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.

Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Australia and Asia at Sony AUS and Digitalrev.

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The very first full Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens review has been posted by the Chinese site Mobile01 (bad google translation here). Note that google translation tool misses to load all images therefore click on the original korean link to see them all. You can download all images (RAW and JPG) here. Because the google translation tool sucks on showing the images I directly link you to the test images:

Sharpness test at 16mm (center left and corner right): image here

Sharpness test at 35mm (center left and corner right): image here

Distortion at 16mm: image here

Distortion at 35mm: image here

Vignetting test: image here
Cool “astral” test: image here

Flare test: image here

aperture dispersion suppression test: image here

These are some of the reviewer thoughts on the lens:

– Very high optical quality (good resolving power even on the edge). It only gets soft from f/16 towards.

– Slight flare issues in some conditions

– Some purple fringing wide open (easily to correct in PS)- not really fast autofocus on the A7s- no barrel distortion, results are perfect (and that’s one of the key reasons you buy a wide angle lens!).

Zeiss FE 16-35mm preorder links:

Zeiss 16-35mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US.

Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.

Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Australia and Asia at Sony AUS and Digitalrev.

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