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This is Sony's retractable power-zoom kit lens for E-mount cameras, covering a 24-75mm equivalent range from wide angle to short portrait. It collapses to about 1.2 inches when off, which makes it the smallest standard zoom Sony makes for APS-C bodies. Optical SteadyShot and a stepping motor suit handheld video and stills. It is a convenience lens, not a sharpness or low-light one: rivals like the Sony 18-135mm or third-party f/2.8 zooms beat it on reach and aperture, while primes beat it on image quality.
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Owners treat it as a compact kit lens that is good enough for travel and video but not for critical stills. Most praise the size and stabilization and criticize edge sharpness and the slow power zoom.
The Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is a retractable power zoom lens for Sony E-mount cameras. It has a 24-75mm focal range in 35mm equivalency, covering true wide angle to standard portrait length. It is compatible with NEX cameras and NEX Handycam camcorders.
The lens retracts to 1.2 in (30mm) when powered off, and it extends when the camera is turned on. Its electrically driven zoom is the first on an E-mount lens. A dual-function control ring handles both zooming and manual focus. The internal stepping motor and Power Zoom in AF mode give fast, smooth and quiet autofocus, which helps when shooting video.
Built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization provides approximately 4 stops of shutter speed correction to reduce camera shake. Four aspherical elements and one ED element correct curvature of field at wide angles and spherical and chromatic aberration at telephoto lengths. This gives sharp, high-contrast images across the frame.
