Scope of supply:
The zoom is of course supplied with front and bayonet cap and a lens hood. Otherwise, manual and warranty card there. The lens is well packaged and came at me in a perfect condition.
Optical and haptic impression:
The lens is very well made, it is quite easy and the combination of camera and lens allows two good carrying modes: Summing up the camera on a handle, on, the lens has no unpleasant seriousness, with mounted lens hood can take the camera well on the lens , Overall, the Zoom does not have much "chi-chi", only operating elements are the ring for zooming (alternatively is also a slider present, the more likely the videographer appeals) and another ring for manual focusing.
Important is also the way that the lens has a fixed length, all lens movements take place within the housing, and the housing will not twist what is When using a polarizing filter of advantage especially. Who knows cheaply produced zooms, has certainly excited already about lens tubes, the "fall" in tilt of the camera. This can not happen here during operation.
Photo Results:
In the few days in which I have used the lens, I was able to capture both different lighting situations and very different motives (eg in the landscape park Duisburg Nord in or around the Cologne Cathedral) on the sensor. The combination of camera and lens to work properly, the autofocus works very fast and (if you do not even make mistakes) also very reliable.
The slider for the zoom function is in my opinion a bit sluggish, I use it for photography at all, but certainly he is in uniform Zooming during video certainly very helpful.
The relatively high light intensity over the entire focal length range is very pleasant and even in poor lighting conditions and at longer focal lengths very helpful. Sure, there are criticisms that an even higher luminous intensity would be even better, but I here all the critics, to also consider the price-performance ratio.
The only ostensible shortcoming is really very showy pincushion distortion. When looking at the images on the camera's monitor this fall not so much, but rather during the development of the RAW images on a PC. Although I have read many reviews before buying me the strength of the effect is then very surprised "in real life". But it really is, as I have written some other reviewers, only a marginal problem, because only in RAW mode shows the effect so strong and because the distortion without any problem in Lightroom by using the appropriate lens profile ( is proposed which automatically) can be corrected.
Conclusion:
In fact, I feel, especially when considering the price-performance ratio, confirmed in my choice. The lens is really great and I'll look at most yet to fixed focal length lenses in the covered focal length range. Those looking for a lens that very well with the Alpha 6000 blends in the majority of shooting situations, is well advised with the SEL P18105G unless she / he has a software that can correct the distortion in RAW workflow. For pure JPEG shooters, the problem does not arise, because the correction is then carried out directly in the camera.
