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

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

The SEL70300 G lens is made from both metal and plastic components and the build quality is generally very good. At 854 grams, it is not particularly light, and with a ‘closed’ length of 143.5 mm makes a good partner for a ‘full frame’ camera. It’s less manageable on a smaller cropped sensor body. Plenty of on-lens controls are provided. This lens is unusual in having the zoom ring near the front of the barrel with the focusing ring behind it. But this layout works well since the lens will be mostly used in AF mode.

The zoom ring covers roughly a quarter of the length of the lens barrel, beginning behind the bayonet mounting for the supplied round lens hood. Inside this mounting, the lens is threaded to take 72 mm filters. The zoom ring is roughly 31mm in width, with most of its surface clad in a thickly ridged grip band. The trailing edge is smooth and carries markings for the 70mm, 100mm, 135mm, 200mm, and 300mm focal length positions, which line up against a white line on the static section of the barrel behind the ring. A lock is provided to prevent the lens from extending when it’s carried facing downwards.

In the static band, which is roughly 20 mm wide, you’ll find the focus lock button, which lets you stop autofocus hunting if the lens tries to find focus and enables the focus to be maintained after it’s acquired so you can recompose without changing was the lens is focused. Behind this band is the focusing ring, which is roughly 15 mm wide and has thicker ridging than the zoom ring.

High resolution at any focal length

Extended 70-300mm range in an FE zoom

The focus range limiter button offers faster performance when photographing moving subjects

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