SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II vs Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO: Rare Pond, White Mountains
This shootout from f/2 to f/11 pits the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II at 35mm against my reference lens, the Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar.
Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II vs Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO: Rare Pond, White Mountains
Includes images from f/2 through f/11 at up to full camera resolution, plus crops.
Never in my 15 years of experience testing all manner of gear have I ever seen a zoom lens perform this poorly. It takes the “bad sample of the century” prize. F/11 has little effect! That Sony can ship this dumpster material to customers suggests a total lack of a quality control process. It’s so deliciously godawful that I’ve elected to show its results as a “reference lens” of another kind!