Though designed for Sony's full-frame E-mount cameras, the lens can be used on Sony's APS-C E-mount camera bodies, with an equivalent full-frame field-of-view of 42-90mm (1.5x crop factor).

The length of the lens varies through the zoom range, but stays constant when focusing.

Centre sharpness is high throughout the zoom range, with soft extreme corners that improve as the lens is stopped down to f/8.

Vignetting performance is average, occurring most noticeably at the widest focal lengths and apertures.

The lens exhibits moderate lateral and longitudinal chromatic aberration; the former is easily corrected either in-camera or in post-processing, with the latter persisting throughout the aperture range.