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Sony-Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5
Available Today
One of the attractions of the Sony system is availability of the superb Carl Zeiss zoom lenses. Famed for their excellent contrast and sharpness, these lenses have a different ‘look’ than the standard Sony zooms, with slightly different color and great clarity.
The 16-80mm provides an extremely useful focal length and is a superb ‘walk-around’ lens.
Only Works With: Sony crop sensor cameras such as the A58, A77, A65.
Please Note: this is for crop sensor (DX) Alpha cameras only.
Roger's Take
Roger Cicala
President of LensRentals.com
A very nice, standard range walk-around lens. It is very sharp with excellent contrast and colors, like all of the Zeiss-Sony zooms. It does get a bit sharper stopped down 1 stop, but is certainly acceptable wide open. I really like the size of the lens, which makes it a great choice on a crop-frame camera for an everyday zoom.
- Filter Size
- 72mm (nonrotating front element)
- Aperture
- f3.5-29
- Length
- 3.4”
- Diameter
- 2.9”
- Weight
- 1.0 lb (without tripod collar)
- Hood
- 1680Z
- Minimum Focusing Distance
- 1.2 feet
- Maximum Magnification
- 0.24x
- Angle of view: (crop frame)
- 83 to 18.5 degrees
- Zoom method
- Barrel Extending
- Image Stabilization
- None
- Focusing System
- Internal, Full time active,
- Aperture Blades
- 7, circular
- Groups/Elements
- 10/14
- Low Dispersion Elements
- 0
- Aspherical Elements
- 2
- Weather Resistant
- No
- Flare and Ghosting
- minimal ghosting, minimal loss of contrast
- System
- Sony Alpha
- Autofocus
- Yes
LensRentals.com offers rentals ranging in length from 1 to 90 days. The shopping cart will automatically update the quoted price as you adjust the length of your rental. Our most common rental periods are shown below:
| Rental Period | Waiver Price | Rental Price | Total Price | Approximate Day Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days | $7.00 | $47.00 | $54.00 | $18.00 |
| 4 days | $8.00 | $50.00 | $58.00 | $14.50 |
| 7 days | $10.00 | $67.00 | $77.00 | $11.00 |
| 10 days | $14.00 | $90.00 | $104.00 | $10.40 |
| 14 days | $18.00 | $117.00 | $135.00 | $9.64 |
| 21 days | $24.00 | $157.00 | $181.00 | $8.62 |
| 30 days | $30.00 | $198.00 | $228.00 | $7.60 |
| 45 days | $39.00 | $258.00 | $297.00 | $6.60 |
| 60 days | $45.00 | $302.00 | $347.00 | $5.78 |
| 90 days | $58.00 | $389.00 | $447.00 | $4.97 |
| Rental Period | Rental Price | Approximate Day Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days | $47.00 | $15.67 |
| 4 days | $50.00 | $12.50 |
| 7 days | $67.00 | $9.57 |
| 10 days | $90.00 | $9.00 |
| 14 days | $117.00 | $8.36 |
| 21 days | $157.00 | $7.48 |
| 30 days | $198.00 | $6.60 |
| 45 days | $258.00 | $5.73 |
| 60 days | $302.00 | $5.03 |
| 90 days | $389.00 | $4.32 |
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