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Rent NowThe Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II is a compact, lightweight power zoom lens designed for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras, refining the original 16-50mm kit lens with improved optics and faster autofocus. It’s a versatile standard-length zoom well suited to everyday still and video use, particularly for photographers and videographers wanting a genuinely pocketable travel companion.
Optically, the lens covers a 16-50mm focal range, delivering a 24-75mm full-frame-equivalent field of view on Sony’s APS-C sensor, with a variable maximum aperture of f/3.5 at the wide end narrowing to f/5.6 at full telephoto. The optical design consists of 9 elements in 8 groups, including four aspherical elements and one ED (Extra-low Dispersion) element, achieving high resolution with minimal color bleeding and clarity throughout the zoom range, along with a 7-blade circular aperture for smooth, attractive bokeh when needed.
Autofocus is handled by an advanced linear motor with high-speed control, delivering smooth, precise, and very quiet focusing well suited to photographing active subjects like children or animals, along with strong tracking performance that supports high-speed continuous shooting and high-frame-rate video recording on compatible bodies. The lens includes Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, working in tandem with compatible cameras’ in-body stabilization systems and transmitting gyro information to the camera for greater coordinated correction.
A standout feature is the lens’s excellent close-up performance, with a minimum focus distance of 0.25m (0.82 ft.) at the wide end and 0.30m (0.99 ft.) at telephoto, yielding a 0.215x maximum magnification that lets photographers move in close to capture fine detail. An integrated zoom and focus ring allows fast, accurate manual zooming or focusing, while the electronically controlled power zoom lever provides smooth, constant-speed zoom operation, particularly useful for video work, and also enables remote control of focal length.
Build quality emphasizes compactness and portability: the lens retracts to a total length of just 31.3mm when the camera is powered off and weighs only 107g, making it a genuinely tiny, ultralight option, though it is not weather-sealed. It accepts 40.5mm screw-on filters.
As an APS-C-specific lens, the Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II is designed exclusively for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras and does not cover a full-frame image circle.
Key Features
– 16-50mm standard power zoom for Sony APS-C E-mount
– Approximately 24-75mm full-frame-equivalent field of view
– Maximum aperture f/3.5-5.6 (variable)
– 9 elements in 8 groups, including 4 aspherical elements and 1 ED element
– 7-blade circular aperture
– Linear motor autofocus with fast, quiet, high-speed control
– Optical SteadyShot (OSS) image stabilization with gyro coordination
– Power zoom lever for smooth, constant-speed zooming
– Minimum focus distance of 0.25m (wide) / 0.30m (tele); 0.215x maximum magnification
– Retracts to 31.3mm; weighs approximately 107g
– 40.5mm filter thread
– Not weather-sealed
– Designed exclusively for Sony APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras
