Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS

By far this is the best lens in my bag, and my bag is stuffed with grand master lenses. I rely on the exceptional autofocus, image clarity, and stabilization. What led me to write this review is this last weekend I had a gig to photograph a corporate volunteer event spread across a 77-acre cemetery and the lens saved me from needing to run around the entire lot. I've often wondered if I should have bought the 70-200 but I regularly shoot 200+ professionally and this lens always performs exceptionally. I've had this lens for almost a year and mostly use it professionally on snow cat tours and skiing excursions. Occasionally I use it for wildlife photography in my hobby time. I'm pairing this lens with a Sony a7RV, which has great autofocus capability, and compliments the autofocus technology of the lens greatly. The manual focus is incredible as well. Usually when I need this lens I don't have much time to compose a shot, and I'm always impressed with the quality I can achieve in a quick transition / adjustment. This has become my favorite lens to work with. The 135mm marker is great too when I need to take family portraits. My average workflow with this lens is a lot of action shots and then a group photo, and while I still switch to a 50mm sometimes with the group photos the 100-135mm group photo at f/5 keeps the scenery and makes for a favorite shot. Also, the images are almost always in great shape when I go to post production, so my additional workload with this lens is usually minimal. 10/10 would recommend this lens, and if you're considering the 70-200 I've often found the 200-400 range is needed often enough to warrant the 100-400.

Lens arrived in excellent condition, Sony original lens cap and rear cap. No case but was not expected. Lens takes very sharp pictures like all Sony’s gm lenses. Highly recommend. I am spoiled with the excellent quality of their gm lenses.,,

I got this for butterflies, dragonflies, etc. Normally I use the 200-600, but it does not focus closer than 2+meters, and I was missing a lot of butterfly shots. (It is a fantastic bird lens). The 100-400 does the trick, it focuses close, and is long enough for most butterflies, etc. It also has a greater magnification . I am using this as is, hand held and no flash. Compared to the 200-600, the 100-400 is much lighter and quite a bit sharper. The autofocus is a bit slower, and more likely to need a manual assist to get in the basic range, but bird-eye etc. work fine,. Really a pleasure to use. It is also good for birds, albeit with less reach. It could be used as a lighter travel option with the 1.4 teleconverter.

Sharp and fast! Love this lens!

Excellent build quality. High quality construction. Not as heavy as I thought it would be, which is good. Has three assignable buttons one can use in portrait/landscape orientations. Detachable foot. Slide door on hood enabling access when wanting to adjust circular polarizing filter--all very practical. The focus ring is buttery smooth, as is the focal length adjustment ring--very good for video use. The optical image stabilization works seamlessly on my A7RIII. At 400mm, I have been able to take sharp images hand held at 1/80th of a second shutter speed. The lens is very very sharp at all focal lengths, which is why I said "Why Buy the 70-200 GM When You Can Have the 100-400GM?" If you need a telephoto zoom for portraits in low light, this is not your lens. But I feel very comfortable saying this lens would make an excellent portrait lens in studio and outdoors in good lighting. Don't forget 400mm at 5.6 isolates the subject and blows out the background just as well as 135mm or 200mm at f/2.8. No need to worry so much a HSS to get that effect, either. Have hd bad experiences with 3rd party sellers, so I bought this lens directly from Amazon services. The lens arrived in a brand new box--no scratches, no sign of ever having been opened or tampered with. Thank you Amazon.

My 100-400 lens arrived undamaged and on the day it was supposed to be delivered. It has quickly become my favorite lens in my bag. Image quality is amazing and using it in conjunction with my A7RV camera I was able to quickly focus on a dragonfly mid-flight from about 25 yards and snap off a few great photos.

While this lens is certainly expensive, its performance is stellar. Excellent contrast and sharpness across the frame at all focal lengths. AF is quick and sure. Stabilization, when using it also with a stabilized body, is amazing. I can handhold 400mm at 1/8 second. I bought it primarily to use for a video documentary that I will be shooting. It can be used on a good video tripod with stabilization, which is important for me. It cannot compensate for the small and quick vibrations of a light tripod (which is why it is suggested to switch off stabilization when using a tripod), but the stabilization works well with a heavier tripod.

I have both lens like you seeying on the photos.. but... 200 - 600 with 2x teleconverter is way better than 100-400Cameras used was A9II and A7R4 for the photos with 1200mm here attached! If I can tell you what you have to buy today? For the price 200-600 For teleconverter 2x use 200-600 For the sharpness 200-600 with 2x teleconverter is absolutely amazing! All photos are with 2x teleconverter, took today June 05 2020 Used Topaz Denoize because it was in F13 and even a day time.. I got some noise! So buy the 200-500 more reach and more sharpness than 100-400 Sony G master Lens! Obrigado thank you!! Dhyogo!

This lens is an absolute beast. I originally bought it for my son's soccer games, but it has given me so much more fun than I expected. Perfect for Sony FX30 Users: I paired this with my FX30 (APS-C sensor) and the results are incredible. By leveraging the crop sensor and shooting in 4K 120p, you get a massive reach advantage. 1. The Math: 400mm Lens × 1.5 (APS-C) × 1.6 (4K120 crop) = 960mm effective focal length! 2. Bokeh Note: While the f-stop remains the same, the depth of field effectively deepens by about 2.4x compared to full frame. So don't expect crazy shallow bokeh, but the reach is unbeatable. Moon Shots: I attached a photo I took of the moon using the FX30. It’s sharp and clear. My next project is to stack a 4K 120p video for NASA-quality lunar details. If you need reach for sports or wildlife, this is the lens to own.

Chegou rápido. Produto muito bom!

Good lens