SonyFE 70-300mm SEL70300G F4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens

This is the first telephoto lens I've owned, and I'm very happy with the product. I own one other Sony lens: the 90mm f2.8 Macro, which is by far the sharpest lens I've ever used. This lens isn't too far behind.Image quality: 10/10The images I've taken are very sharp, even at 300mm. Corner sharpness is really solid. Slight vignetting effect, but it's easily corrected in Lightroom. Lens flare is very well controlled, and I've not noticed any chromatic aberrations. I haven't noticed anything that would reduce my satisfaction with image quality.Build quality: 9/10Solid construction. Doesn't feel cheap at all. The focus ring could be smoother though. It's nothing like the 90mm Macro lens (which has my favorite adjustment ring). The zoom ring is pretty tight and not as smooth as I'd like, but apparently not tight enough as the lens will still creep if you walk around with the lens facing downwards (more on that later).Usability/Convenience: 8/10Everything seems to be in the right spot. It's got switches for AF/MF, focus limiting, and OSS. It also has a reprogrammable focus hold button and a zoom lock switch. The zoom lock switch isn't very conveniently placed, but what really irritates me is that it can only lock the lens at 70mm. This is a serious inconvenience for me, but might not bother some people. If you don't use the lock, the lens will creep quite considerably, so I'd recommend always using it.The OSS is very good. I don't have any issues taking photos at slower shutter speeds. I've taken plenty of hand-held, 300mm 1/60s (or slower) photos that turned out to be perfectly usable.Price: N/AThis is subjective, and totally up to you and your budget. For me it was well worth it. For people on a tight budget, it might not be.I've included images, and each has has the focal length included (something which people should really consider doing more often...). The photos are not cropped unless specified, and I didn't do any processing/editing in Lightroom. Lens correction profiles were not applied. All photos were taken with the Sony a7 II.

After two years of use, I find myself grabbing this lens from my bag more and more often and loving the results. I get consistently great shots and I love the saturated colors. I primarily use it on my a7Riii these days, and find that to be a great combination. Yes, the lens is heavier than a kit zoom, but quality glass is always heavy. The 70-300 is about the same weight and length as the 24-70 GM that I also use on the A7Riii. I find both lenses to be well-balanced on that body. It is a little heavy for the a6000 series cameras, however.I bought this lens to use with my a6300 for a project that needed the long reach that combo provides, thinking I would soon replace it with the much more expensive 70-200 f2.8 GM. Two years later I don't see any reason to do that. I'm really pleased with the results from this lens, and the extra 100 mm of reach is welcome. It's certainly not cheap, but this lens is a decent value for what you get from it. Highly recommended.

Holy cow what a lense! This thing rivals my Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS in weight and girth (unscientific).Pros:+ Great image quality (caveat below)+ Nice feel on zoom ring+ So far I feel the stabilization is working decent+ Hood is nice and not dramatic (think referenced canon lense above)+ Really nice reach, decent apertureCons- Pretty bulky on an A6300- Focus ring is a bit close to body and hard to use while holding lense, this would have benefited from a tripod collar- REALLY slow focus in low light, like really slow. That's why I say this is an outdoor lense only or good lighting indoor. This thing hunts like the movie taken- Can't use lense if hood is retractedOverall a great lense if you need the reach and are outside or in good lighting conditions.

I bought this lens for use with my a6000. I take a lot of outdoor and wildlife shots and this is my go-to lens. Quality and feel is superb. It is a little large and heavy for the base a6000 body, but I use a battery grip that makes the combination very comfortable to shoot with. With the APS-C censor 450mm equivalent focal length, it really brings subjects in close. The AF is fast spot on and the MF is easy to use. The OSS is amazing and provides amazing hand held shots. Images are even surprisingly good using digital zoom. I have even used it with extension tubes for amazing macro shots. It is pricey for an amateur, so I put off buying it for some time, but I am glad I finally bought it. I would definitely recommend this lens!

I have had and loved this lens for two years at this writing. It is an awesome lens.On my Sony A6300 "half-frames," the lens is equivalent to 105-450. The first time I took it out was to a prairie for pictures of flora. It was overcast so my ISOs were on the high side, plus it was windy so everything was waving wildly. The autofocus performed flawlessly, no lag, and since I was using it in closeup mode and I had read most of the reviews I half expected some missed shots. Not a one. Just flawless performance even under less than ideal conditions.I use a monopod with a Vee or Wye shooter's rifle rest. The lens is absolutely a chunk, weighs 2 pounds, twice as much as the bodies, but on my second body I always have my Sony 18-105mm F4 G OSS that weighs a pound, so I'm not unused to fairly heavy glass on relatively light bodies.Between the 18-105 and the (equivalent) 105-450 I have perfect overlap, enormous reach, and outstanding versatility. I purchased the DSLRKIT Metal Tripod Mount Ring for Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6. The ring is $pendy but so far as I am concerned worth every dime, keeping the lens balanced on the tripod and not overloading the flange.