Compare Laowa 20mm F4 Zero-D Shift vs Sony 16-35mm F2.8 GM vs Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
Construction
Aperture Blades
14 blades
11 blades
11 blades
Colors
Black
Black
Form Factor
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Wide-Angle Zoom Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Medium Format (44x33)
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Lens Mount
Canon EF-mount, Canon RF-mount, Fujifilm G-mount, Leica L-mount, Nikon F-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Pentax K-mount, Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Piezoelectric
Linear Motor
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
16 elements
20 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
13 groups
15 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
2 aspherical elements, 3 ED elements groups
Extreme aspherical & ED elements, Nano AR & fluorine coatings groups
Five aspherical elements (two of which are high-precision extreme aspherical (XA) elements), two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and two Super ED elements. groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
82 mm / 3.23 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
95 mm / 3.74 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
Size | Length
91 mm / 3.58 in
122 mm / 4.80 in
120 mm / 4.72 in
Weight
747 g / 26.40 oz
680 g / 24.03 oz
695 g / 24.56 oz
Function
Angle Of View
107.8° Diagonal | 97.4° Horizontal | 74.4° Vertical
107.1° Diagonal | 96.7° Horizontal | 73.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 63.5° Diagonal | 54.4° Horizontal | 37.8° Vertical (tele)
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/2.8–22 ~ f/2.8–22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
Yes
Yes
Crop Factor
0.8
Focal Length
20 mm
16 mm ~ 35 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
15.8 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
External zoom (zoom lock available)
Performance
Max Magnification
0.17x
0.19x
Min Focus Distance
250 mm / 9.84 in
280 mm / 11.02 in
210 mm / 8.27 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: ALC-SH149 (supplied)
Lens hood included
Debut
2022-03-28
2017-05-17
2022-04-27
Model Name
SEL1635GM
SEL2470GM2
Reviews
Neofiliac score
75%
71%
59%
Pros
- Comes with physical aperture ring
- Shift functionality
- 14-bladed aperture
- Good center sharpness
- Weather-sealed
- Can take front filters
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Smaller and lighter than Mark I
Cons
- Large diameter
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Very high sample variation
- Not the best image quality
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