Friday, August 24, 2007

Sony 11-18mm Wide Angle Lens Review

Popular Photography and Imaging reviews the widest Sony lens available for the Alpha 100 DSLR. Here is an excerpt from the online review of the Sony branded 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT AF Lens.

…IN THE LAB: Lens bench test data showed Excellent sharpness and contrast at the three tested focal lengths, in keeping with the majority of performances among today's digital-only ultrawides. In DxO Analyzer 2.0 tests, barrel distortion was in the Visible range at 11mm (0.49%), and in the Slight range at 14mm and 18mm (0.27% and 0.13%, respectively). These are among the best distortion performances in the digital-only ultrawide category…

Read the entire lens review and view gallery on popphoto.com.

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