The Sony FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G is the sixth consumer power zoom for the E-mount system and the second of them to cover the full-frame format. At first glance it’s a pretty compact, semi-bright, constant-aperture wide angle zoom, but there’s more to it the closer you look.
And it’s worth putting emphasis on the word ‘consumer’ in that last paragraph, since Sony has also makes a $5,500 power zoom for the pro/cinema market, coincidentally also a 16-35mm but with a T3.1 (which is likely to equate to F2.8). And, while the two aren’t directly comparable, they’re both clearly designed to cover a focal length range that’s especially valuable to videographers.
This isn’t a video-only lens, by any means, but a lot of what makes it interesting is likely to be of particular appeal to video shooters.