Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA lens. This Zeiss lens is a photojournalist’s dream, with a wide-angle focal length that lets you get up close and personal with your subject, and a fast f/1.4 aperture suitable for low light and selective focus. The Zeiss T* (T-star) coating suppresses contrast loss from internal reflections among the lens

A useful jack-of-all-trades lens for travel photography is the 24–240mm f/3.5–6.3 lens, but it is perhaps the least sharp of the Sony FE lenses. Its lesser optical performance reflects a design compromise for its 10× zoom range. Essentially, clarity was sacrificed for versatility. However, its performance is adequate, and its sharpest images are