Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens
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Performs well above pay grade.
I went a little legacy/manual lens crazy (50mm and 135mm Minolta MDs and Mitakon 50mm f/0.95) after purchasing my Sony A7 body recently and decided I needed to settle down and get a respectable AF/zoom/IS lens and this had good reviews and was quite reasonably priced. Imagine my surprise when this lens immediately proved itself to be way more capable than I expected. Quick to focus, nice colors, and sharper than any kit zoom has business being. I... Show More
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Surprisingly sharp, hard to believe kit lens
I am actually very impressed with this kit lens. its very sharp, surprisingly sharp. I would recommend buying the A7 with the kit lens because you get a good lens for little $$$ on top.
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Quite a lens!
I felt the urge to give this lens 5 stars because mechanical and optical performance are quite good, and Sony spared no expense building it. It is sufficiently sharp; distortion and dispersion are well controlled. Contrast is excellent, and I do get three stops of image stabilization. Sharpness inherent in Zeiss doesn't mean much with digital rigs because we sharpen images in post-production. Large apertures are also less important because the ca... Show More
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Good, Not Great
This is a good kit lens. Nothing more, nothing less. The OSS works pretty well, however I don't think the lens overall is extremely sharp.
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great kit lens
great kit lens - don't expect a prime quality but you won't be buying a throw-away for sure!
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Sharp and Accurate
I am surprised by this lens performance, although is not a 2.8 is very sharp and accurate. This lens is great for video. Cesar
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Sony 28-70 wide-angle
While I use mostly a telephoto lens for nature photography, I needed a lens for in-house and wide angle photography. This lens is light, works well for my purpose in working with my new Sony A7 II camera.
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More than a Kit Lens, for less than Z
We here the term, Kit Lens used often to dismiss the economical lenses that come bundled with cameras as lower quality, and ones that we might use until we buy a real lens. In the case of the Sony FE 28-70mm it has served me very well since the purchase of my A7 body (purchased both separately, used on a forum). In recent testing at DxOMark the numbers were very close between the Sony Zeiss 24-70mm and the 28-70. The Zeiss comes in at almost $ (w... Show More
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Overall, excellent for the price
I tested this lens with the Sony a7S. Image quality was good. Not quite as sharp as the Zeiss FE Prime lenses, but above average for a zoom. I do have a slight gripe with the Sony E-Mount lens system as a whole, but that is not really the fault of this lens in particular. Sony uses the focus-by-wire motor inside their lenses while manual focusing, which is terrible for videography. The a7S is essentially made for video, so this is quite counterpr... Show More
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Really good for the price!
I've used this lens in a wide range of settings since purchasing it with my A7 in February.I intended to trade it in on a Sony 24-70 f4 when that lens was released, but the first copies didn't compete very well with what I already owned. Therefore, I wasn't surprised when the well-known review site DxO reported only relatively small advantage of the more expensive (2.5-3x more) 24-70 over the kit 28-70 - and that on the Sony A7r 36mp model.This l... Show More
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Decent kit lens
Have had my A7 with this lens for 6 months and though it is all I have to judge the A7 by, very decent kit lens. Overall I am impressed with Bokeh and limited distortion. Sharp enough for everyday use but definitely a kit zoom. Real question is which lens to buy next.
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