Zoom lenses are still frowned upon by many professional photographers. The common judgement is that the devices have poor image quality and basically do not even come close to a high-quality fixed focal length. In fact, however, as various models have proven in our test laboratory over the last two years, more and more zoom lenses are achieving an absolutely top level of resolution, with one lens category...

The Sony FE 2.8/16-25 mm G delivers a consistent performance at a very high level in the lab. This zoom unfolds its potential at an aperture of f/2.8. In the centre of the frame, the zoom shows its best performance at the wide-angle setting, although the edge degradation is also most pronounced at 16 mm...