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LENS

Inside the Box REVIEW

✓ Lens
✓ Front & Rear lens caps
✓ Case

he Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G
is an E-mount lens designed
Tfor full-frame Sony Alpha
mirrorless cameras. The lens offers
ideal focal lengths for landscapes and
architectural photography and its
compact lightweight design along with
quick autofocus capabilities makes
it a much sought-after lens in any
f/4 G ` 1,39,990
advanced photographer’s arsenal. SONY FE 12-24MM
Design & Build Quality Rohinton Mehta
in dull black. The lens is dust and Sharp and Light
The Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G lens is
made with an outer shell made from
engineering plastic and is finished

moisture resistant, but does not offer
a feeling of robustness that we have
come to recognise with other Sony situations. The lens covers the widest photographers at the office felt the
lenses. The lens weighs 565g. The lens focal length currently available for any combination, a bit top heavy (the lens
mount is made from metal. The lens full-frame E-mount body. weighs 565g). The lens was very easy
hood is integrated and the supplied to use.
front lens cap slips over the lens hood. The lens features a customisable
The lens is made in Japan. focus-hold button that can be Performance
configured for other functions. An AF/ As mentioned earlier, we conducted
Key Features MF sliding switch is available under the review using a Sony A9 camera
The Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G is the customisable button. The lens is body. Shading (Vignetting), Chromatic
constructed using 13 elements in 17 legibly marked at 12, 14, 16, 18, 21 Aberration Compensation and
groups. It includes 4 x Aspherical, and 24mm settings. The zoom ring is Distortion Compensation were
1 x Super ED glass and 3 x ED glass towards the camera body and is well enabled. Overall, images shot using
elements to take care of chromatic damped. The focus ring is smoother the Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G were
aberrations that generally plague to turn but can rotate without a stop. sharp at all focal lengths, though at
wide-angle lenses and ensure edge- A raised white dot at the rear end times we felt that a bit more contrast
to-edge sharpness. Sony’s Direct of the lens helps to align the lens to was necessary (which can be easily
Drive Super Sonic Motor with an the camera body. Filters can not be added during post processing). In
advanced inner-drive system allows attached to this lens due to its bulging studio tests, sharpness at the centre
for fast and quiet autofocus that’s front element. was very good, a tad softer at the sides
always desired while recording movie and corners; this was observed when
clips. Additionally, Sony’s Nano AR Ergonomics the images were magnified but when Smart Photography
Coating effectively suppresses flare The lens was tested on a lightweight shooting real world images, you may February 2018
and ghosting, especially in back-lit Alpha 9 body (approx. 680g). Some not be able to notice the slight fall off.

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