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The World's Only Interchangeable
35mm Full-Frame Power Zoom

Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS Lens
In my opinion the Sony PZ 28–135mm lens is the cine lens for Sony A7 series camera owners, and especially for owners of the 4K-capable A7s and the upcoming A7RII. We'll look at what makes it tick, but first let's make the letters in the lens' official name comprehensible.
Definitions
FE: Sony mirrorless full frame 35mm lens
PZ: power zoom
G: Sony's top ranked lens line (after their Sony / Zeiss series)
OSS: Optically stabilized
What It Is And What it Isn't
Like Canon and Panasonic, Sony stands astride the still photography, video, broadcast and film-making worlds with products for each market, and in some cases with cameras and lenses that cross-over between segments.
In recent years Sony has taken the stills industry by storm with their A7 series of full-frame mirrorless cameras, the A7, A7R, A7s, A7II, and due in August, 2015 the industry-challenging A7RII.

Sony PXW-FS7 4K XDCAM Super35 C...

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