>>3224137This is from a new generation of Sony zooms. They upgraded their factories and acquired new software that spits out perfect optics on the first design try.
The zooms you see from them today is nothing like in the past.
The 12-24 for example, so ridiculously small Front element is 60% the size of competitors, weight is down, cost is down, price is down, sharpness and optical quality is up, and UP.