, debris filled environments- Prevents continuous swapping of lens'- Takes a great quality image (great

Decent quality but heavy as noted by many other reviewers

Sharp, manual, cheap, great build quality (FOR PHOTOS ONLY)

Better sharpness and quality than expected from review articles.

The built quality is really good: solid metal and a smooth zoom, giving you the possibilities to use it for videos, even if the ring is positioned far from where you usually hold your camera, but in less than a week I could make myself comfortable with the heavy metal lens Sony

Good quality, too heavy, zoom ring too stiff.

Primes are obviously higher quality, but lack versatility when you're on the go

Sharp, manual, cheap, great build quality (FOR PHOTOS ONLY)

I just wish Sony would have produced a 24-120 or 24-150 that would have been a little lighter with better quality at wide angle and possibly with constant f:4 aperture

Great image quality for the focal length range

I thought perhaps I had a bad copy and would exchange, but after seeing other images posted on line (see Steve Huff blog) that were as soft as

And the zoomed pictures from the HX400 are as clear as if the lenses were made of plastic.