Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS PZ lens review with samples
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2017
- This is the popular, and impressively small and feature-packed, kit lens for Sony mirrorless APS-C cameras. Its optics have a difficult reputation - let's do some investigating.
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Regardless of feelings about this lens, the format of this review is very well done. Rather than filming his own talking face for 80% of the review (like most reviewers) Mr. Frost choose to voice over actual supporting evidence of all the points he was making. I think other CZcams Reviewers should take note.
i agree
Which one is better: Sony 16-50mm in this review, or Sony 16mm f/2.8?
For daily photography. Landscape, or street photography.
totally agreed, very informative and clear supports & evidence of the len!!
Well said.
Could not agree more
Quite simply the best made video I’ve watched. No waffle, just facts, facts backed up by images. You’ve got a new subscriber
one more because of that.
I've actually been looking for something like this for a while.
No-one cuts the cake like Christopher Frost!
I love the way you talk man! It's so calm 😂
This explains everything all along about the lens. However, the dynamic range and details of those pictures are impressive. Thank you.
Your thoroughness and insight are brilliant, good sir. Thank you, kindly... the info you've painstakingly provided is super valuable to people like me who are researching this very subject... Thanks again!
I used this lens in few years now and i must say that there is nothing like it for travel and video on the go. I really love this lens. With Sony fantastic digital zoom you can go to 300mm eq with this little lens. Which is 12x zoom. There is no smartphone that can do that at this quality.
Fantastic review, love the details you put in. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!
you really make great and very clear reviews about lenses
Very good and to the point clear review. Thanks for this. And its nice to see that you traveled to Turkey and get a beautiful shot of Izmir from the ancient lift.
I own sony a6000 and i am using the same lense, i am very happy with the picture and video quality, its best recommended for the beginner 😇
i just got one this a6000 morning with this lens for $500 bucks only done 900 shots, sweet deal!
Very nicely done. Specially the part where you talked about why the corners were very soft. I haven't seen that in any review. Thanks for the tip on what f stop to use on close up.
Brilliant reviews just what I needed thanks.
One of the best lens review formats. Wow.
The little kit lens is a very useful lens. It is a perfect focal length for vlogging, and is a very versatile lens for riding a gimbal. Good review!
Thanks so much for revealing the actual appalling barrel distortion at the wide end! Not nice of Sony to try to conceal it!
While unlike the general "hate" for this lens, I think it's small size is a bonus that enables you to be compact and lightweight. I mean is that the reason why to shoot mirrorless in the first place?! I know it may not win awards but the 16-50 kit lens is pretty unique in its portability and practically.
I note that as a strong positive thing in this review
Vintage Pictures There are a bunch of other reasons to shoot mirrorless other than “size”
Mike D better access to af tech (hybrid solutions), evf, large raw buffer, image stabilization, better access to video centric tech.
I personally like dslr sized mirrorless cameras. Dslrs just feel nicer in the hand
My guess is that at this size, only the Olympus and Panasonic collapsible kit lenses are better. It is time for version 2 of this lens.
Your reviews are amazing.
Very interesting and revealing review. Thanks.
Great Review. Very informative. Thank you.
This was such a good video good catch with the 16mm distortion
Great review. Sums up why I find the lens both indispensable and why I don't use it much. I really wish Sony had a kit lens alternative for E-mount without going to the $$$$ 16-70 Zeiss and absurdly large 18-105PZ. It is excellent for video and travel though, but I tend to use my Sigma 19mm+FE 28/2+50/1.8 OSS combo more often due to the 1650PZ's sacrifice in image quality.
I am also puzzled by why Sony hasn't seen fit to update the 16-50, as its design dates back to the earliest NEX-series cameras, which had maximum resolutions of 14 and 16MP.
But I guess there's no money in do-it-all pancake lenses, Sony would rather position itself as the Mercedes or BMW of the camera world and charge big dollars instead.
As my first camera a friend of mine (an experienced engineer photographer) suggested me to buy an Alpha 6400 but he told me to avoid the SEL1650 in kit, for this reason I bought a SEL18135.
Thanks for this useful review
Thanks for uncovering the truth about this lens! Very detailed review.
Great video man love it❤️
Thank you for the review. I am going to buy the lens for my Sony-s.
I like this honest lens review. I have plan to buy Sony a6300, but now I know that I should to spare more money for better lens, especially for 4K filming.
Thanks for posting reviews! Sony 10-18 review would be great!
Very good and deep review!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I also did a short video with sample shots made with the kit lense. But i did my shots more cinematic. The lense isn´t that bad for starting but i prefere my sigma 16mm 1.8
A very useful video - thanks!!
Really nice review!
It's not a perfect lens if you look at the individual features but it's a perfect lens overall. You really do everything with it without having to change lenses and without carrying around a backpack full of stuff. I will never sell it!
Very good your videos! How do you achieve so much sharpness with such different lenses? This is incredible!
This was an excellent review.
Great review!
Thanks. Very useful and we'll done review.
Very detailed review. Thanks! I believe I am willing to trade-off the image quality at the corners for its compact size.
Hi Chris. Any chance when you do the performance against bright lights bit you could also stop the lenses down so we can see how the sunstars look?
Just about exactly my thoughts about the lens.
Great review! Thankyou
Great info. So what do u suggest, whether we should go with the kit lens or not for the begginer, starting videography with Sony zv-e10 TO SHOOT head on YT VIDEO wide angle. Or should we buy additional or replacement lens?
Man i love your voice its perfect for photography reviews I dont mean it in a weird way :)
Exceptional video
Very good vid. Thanks!
Thank you for this enlightening review.
greAT review.... loved it!
Hey, just wanted to say I'm super looking forward to your review of the mark II of this lens! Will we see it soon after it releases with the ZV-E10 II?
Very interesting! I can’t wait for your upcoming review of Samyang’s latest 35mm f1.4 for e mount
^^^^I second^^^^.
Can I get blurry background in videos with A6400 with 16 -50mm? *Please reply* . I very confused between 16 -50mm and 18 -135.
whether you have a a6400 or a6300 won't change the blurryness, that's the lens. It will look very much the same as the photos and videos in this video! Both the lenses you're referring to only goes down to f/3.5, so their ''blurryness'' is the same!
@@junkmansobbligato Thanks!
I bought A6400 with 18-135.
Nicely done. Thanks I would like to see some examples of INTERIOR shots of houses ... since that is my main need for a {inexpensive} 16mm lens.
I wonder how lens compares to the Sony kit lens 18-55, please make a review :)
Love you’re reviews, my go to before choosing lens.
07:41 the cat tho, says it all 😅. Nice video btw, mate.
Wow! Fun investigation :) I was happy to get rid of my copy.
Always a great video. The 16-50 isn't perfect, but I think it fills a nice niche for those who are looking for a decent video lens at a low budget.
F/8 make, sharp image for this lens.. thank you so much 🙏
I like this lens for family travel. I can work around it's limitations.
glad to see you reviewing sonly glass
Wow, I think I learned a lot from this.
The fact that it is sharp at the dead center and middle area is great. The softness on the corner might be preferred by some people rather than sharp corner.
You should test also this first copy of your lens, becouse in my opinion this model has really problem with quality (5 different lenses will have 5 different images quality). My lens has image quality similar to your first copy, so it was immposible to use it becouse of images quality. Your second copy of this lens looks really good as a kit lens, I am really surprised that this model can produce such nice and sharp images. I bougth sigma 18-50 2.8 and now my pictures are always clear and sharp:). Your youtube channel is really valuable.
Want for video shooting. Will this lens zoom in & out w/ a RMTP-1BT?
great video as usual. my girlfriend has this combination as well and I didn't know what to think of the lens as it didn't seem bad but also doesn't really impress me. your review was on point about the shady stuff sony is doing behind the screens to disguise the poor performance on 16mm
Hmmm, I wonder why you mostly choose use your A5100 over your A6300 when reviewing your more recent Sony lens review videos 🤔
Awesome video though, looking forward to more Sony lens reviews!
Hi what is the best memory card compatible to this camera? Any suggestions please?
hi- would this fit with my camera
Sony a6500? if yes do u recommend this lens to a6500? and would that cause
any serious vignette?
cheers
Looking at purchasing the a5000 and 16-50mm lens as a start up for my frequent traveling. Is this a good entry level package?
what else would you recommend?
Could you please review the sony 18 - 105 f4 for the apsc e mount . It seems like the perfect lens for traveling and it would be really helpful to know how it really performs. Thanks
Ignore what Landofdispair said. Coming from SOMEONE with real world experience with the 18-105 F4, it's is one of the best performing/value Sony APSC lens available. I find it sharp and purposeful for wide angle to telephoto especially with the constant F4, which is very nice for its price point. It's not too heavy and with internal zoom, you don't ever need to worry about pumping in dust or debris from traveling. It's the definite travel zoom.
I have this lens with sony a6000, I'll just try to use this lens at f8 and between 20-40mm
Thanks for the review, Sony have recently made the mark II of this lens with the ZV E10 Mark II, I hope that you review the second version this lens to see is there any optical improvements.
Wait for meike 35mm f1.7 review! Good review!
Agung kumala me too
I bought a new such lens, but found that its retractable part does not have much backlash, from which rattling is heard in the lens when shaking. Is this the case for everyone or is mine defective?
will the auto focus on this lens work with my sony a7 iii?
Well the copy I have of this lens is great. I don't take pics of brick walls and often add vignettes to most of my images anyway. It's all good here. Its a fab go anywhere lens for a stunning little camera ( A6000)
What variable nd filter us recommended, and at what size?
I, too got one of these with my a6300 and I cannot complain too much about it. I'm amateur when it comes to photos and I use mine mainly for video. The native AF is very nice, but the vignetting is terrible. I tend to shoot outdoors at 7.1/8/11.
It's really difficult to get any sort of bokeh, like you said.
This lens is good but no great for video, and kind of poor for images.
Great review, Christopher.
Hello Christopher, I notice when comparing this video to the video of the Nikon Z 16-50 that the colors of your test board look much more washed out through the Sony lens. Is this because of the lens? Or did you change something in your setup in the 2 years between the reviews?
The point about this lens to me is that it makes for a pretty incredible pocket camera. It's just tiny yet performs well in both photo and video with very few fatal weaknesses. EVERY SINGLE supposedly better lens than this one is 2, 3, 4, 5 times as big. And that just ruins the pocketability of the package. I mean, by all means, get a nice fast prime or a big old honking zoom, but I will still geek out at having a phenomenal capable camera that can get the shot making a small bulge in a coat pocket.
My cellphone makes a pretty capable pocket camera and it's sharper than this lens.
@@webdaddywhat phone
I have S23 ultra and have just ordered a6700 with this kit lens. Well, the reviews in looking at web , I would guess, is on par with s23 ultra. Will do comparison pics after I recieve the camera. I do want to keep the lens because of its size. But if it's just equal to my phone than not worth it.
@@sidha22 only the main camera would compete well, Samsung has quite bad secondaries
@@sidha22 only the main camera would compete well, Samsung has quite bad secondaries
Which lenses do you recommend for a6400. Let me be very clear the quality of image that I got of animals was so so so dissatisfying! Everything felt flat and soft
Any other similar compact lens to pair up with A6100?
Thanks for the great review, Chris! Does the kit lens present the same limitations in video? Or is it much better for video than photography? Cheers!
It's quite nice for video IMO
@@christopherfrost Curious. Why would it be better for video that stills? Thanks.
Whoa, you’re doing Sony now?? FINALLYYY!
He has already been doing Sony lenses.
Think you sum up this lens very well! I find my copy really inconsistent and frustrating. Every now and then get really soft images or it will just miss focus. Obviously very different cameras but can't help thinking maybe something like an RX100 would be sharper than a A6000 and this kit lens.
You'd be right about the RX100, I bought my a6000 without the kit lens because its quality is so damn bad. I snagged a pile of old canon FD primes and an adapter for 50 bucks and they blow it out of the water.
How do you set up your camera setting like that? I’m new to my camera and I have the exact same design but mine seem to be not doing great. Please help
I don't really know what you mean. A good place to start is by reading your camera's instruction manual thoroughly!
What is the maximum shutter speed on the Sony A6000? Mine is about 160 or 165, I want to know if that's the same with everyone's own cos i think that's not enough. NB: I'm a beginner
Amazing. Can you teach me how to do the autofocusing at 2:27 so fast and without moving the camera?
Well, the camera was moving a bit. I just kept changing the autofocus point
How does this lens match up to Sony’s new AF for eyes animals and birds? If it is bad, why is it being sold with the ZVE10 which is supposed to be so sharp? thanks
I use this lense but only for 16mm on the video side,i might just get a prime lense for sharpness but ain't checked out the best one to get yet
It's an ok lens. Good for travel to keep your kit compact. It's pretty good for 1080p video. It definitely does not bring out the best of my A6000 sensor. It's a handy lens to have but don't expect to be dazzled by it. Build quality is poor. I'll keep mine as it is useful at times.
So stick to f8 or f11 and try to avoid 16mm.... still getting it as the size is a massive plus for me as I tend to shoot at wider angles as I take a lot of travel / adventure photos and don't like bulky lenses, time to buy that travel tripod I have been meaning to get, thanks for the great review
Can someone inform me on how to buy filters for this type of lens?
So this lenses is good for what type of photography ?
Landscape, potrait (bokeh effect), wide shoot or zoomed shoot ?
Im newbie here, kindly need your help guys regarding this lens, because im planning to get one soon
Thank you
I Love this video 😊
Hey Chris, can you review the Sony 18-105 F/4 and the Sony (Zeiss) 16-70 F/4?
I'll be reviewing more E-mount lenses in the new year (as well as continuing with Canon EF-mount lenses)
After watching this video, it makes me wonder how bad the distortion will be on a Sony SELP 18105G zoom lens at 18mm. Will you be testing this bigger zoom lens too?
Hmm, not really planning to. Maybe one day
Very helpful
How can we understand which one is second good copy ?
how do you switch from zooming using a switch to zooming using ring ??? (I'm using a sony 6400)
please helppp
I can't remember although it's almost certainly an option in the camera's menu
The 16-50PZ is all about appealing to what people want: small size. The 18-55 OSS makes more sense to me with the A6x00 series, but that is not a kit option. The A3000 is the only camera to come with the 18-55 OSS since the 16-50PZ came out with the NEX 6.
Hello Friend ! And how did you change the focus at 02:26 - 02:34 minutes of the video?)) I'm just a beginner at all. THANKS
Probably by using the touch screen.