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Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Review

By Dvir Barkay 7 Comments
Last Updated On July 3, 2020

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Keith
Keith
January 27, 2020 4:37 pm

here is a question i am pondering – using the fe-70-300 with the a7rii with its 42 mp span – since center is very sharp – for taking wildlife photos where more than likely you will crop to center – will the resulting cropped center magnify any lens deficiencies that would not otherwise be seen with the 100-400? I have a 24-105 that i am currently using and simple cropping has produced some amazing results that would be on par with any zoom lens. Would i notice a degradation of that superb sharpness cropping with the 300? Secondly would adding a 2x converter on to that combination eliminate my need for crop and would the IQ be about the same as a crop without the 2x converter.
Does anyone have any samples along those enquiries to demonstrate the results of my hypotheticals.

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Paula
Paula
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June 24, 2020 6:27 pm

Can someone tell me which teleconverters are compatible with this lens? I can’t find one and really need one for moon shots.

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Andy
Andy
September 2, 2019 4:56 am

Herring Gull, not a Sea Eagle!

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Gary Lum
Gary Lum
December 21, 2018 4:05 pm

I love my Sony 24–240 mm lens. If a G version came out for that, I’d snap it up in a heartbeat.

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Ertan
Ertan
December 21, 2018 3:47 pm

Tamron 70-300mm SP VC, Canon 70-300mm USM II, Nikon FX 70-300mm AF-P… All are much more inexpensive and as good. Maybe Tamron is a little behind for AF and material quality bit also can be found almost for 1/3 of Sony’s price. Ah also Sony has a function button :)
Sony is extremely expensive for what it is.

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Sean T
Sean T
December 21, 2018 2:59 pm

Ah yes, a great (the greatest?) example of what Roger Cicala calls the SPP “Sony Price Premium”. Let’s charge our customers twice as much as for a comparable rival lens (namely the Nikon 70-300 FX AF-P) because they have no options.

Remarkably I can’t find any comparisons between the two lenses. DxOMark barely has the AF-P listed.

However, I find the performance from this review utterly underwhelming for a $1200 zoom, unless of course mushy corners are somehow acceptable.

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M. Emilio
M. Emilio
Reply to  Sean T
February 18, 2020 6:19 am

Completamente de acuerdo. Mi Nikon D750 con el 70-300 fx af-p tiene mejor calidad a la mitad de precio. (y con la misma o mejor estabilización).
Lo comento porque he tenido las dos combinaciones Nikon y Sony durante un año y me quedo con NIkon.

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