Digital Camera News and Reviews

Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8

The excellent German website Photozone has reviewed the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 (Sony SAL-135F18Z) lens. This telephoto lens seems very interesting with its fast f/1.8 aperture.

Photozone ends giving the Sony lens a “Highly Recommended” score as the lens is able to produce excellent pictures without any noticeable distortions, vignetting or chromatic aberrations. The only downsides are the high price (but what to you except from high quality optics) and lack of weather sealing.
Seems like an excellent telephoto lens if you are looking for a fast alternative.

Read the full review of the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 (Sony SAL-135F18Z) lens here.

‘Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM (SAL-2470Z)

The German review site Photozone has tested Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar ZA T* 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM (SAL-2470Z) lens. This Sony lens seems to be designed for the new fullformat DSLR, but it also works with the existing APS-C DSLRs. On APS-C DSLRs the 24-70mm f/2.8 lens will have a field-of-view equivalent of 36-105mm.

Photozone ends up giving the Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar ZA T* 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM lens a very good review as the lens does not produce any vignetting or distortion (on APS-C DSLRs).
The only downsides for this lens is some poor bokeh at 70mm f/2.8 and some flare.
Overall it seems like an excellent lens from Sony.

Read the full test / review of the Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar ZA T* 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM (SAL-2470Z) lens here.

Sony 24-70mm f/2.8

PopPhoto.com has tested the Sony 24 -70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T Zoom (SAL-2470Z) lens on a Sony A700 DSLR body. With a price of $1,750 this standard zoom lens got pro-quality Carl Zeiss T coated optics.

PopPhoto ends up giving the Sony lens a very good rating as it able to produce excellent pictures and very good build quality.
PopPhoto will redo the tests when Sony releases a full frame body to check for distortion and light falloff.

Read the full review of the Sony 24 -70mm f/2.8 lens here.