Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS Interchangeable Lens for Sony Alpha Cameras

I came from the Canon side of the fence. I switched entirely to SONY from 7D and this lens is right up there with Canon L lenses. Image quality is pristine with a6000. Its "only" 200mm and "only" F4 but its significantly smaller and lighter than Canon 100-400 and cheaper than 200mm F2.8, its perfect travel lens. Two a6000 bodies, E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS and this lens fit in a small carry-on personal bag along with a laptop and all accessories. I used to haul 7D with 100-400 and another lens in a backpack. Now I can carry two a6000 with lenses attached over my shoulder and it seems less bulky. The lens quality is very high with one silly exception: the sliders are too easy to slide. If you have the lens dangling from you shoulder its enough to move the sliders randomly. It gets slightly annoying after a while and seems like a glaring design omission. I had to get into a habit of checking the sliders pretty much every time I raise the camera up or discover that AF was toggled to MF and/or IS was turned off. Thats where one star gets deducted. The zoom and focus rings are silky smooth. Image stabilization works well, no problems with shooting flying birds or airplanes at 200mm. Unlike my old Canon 100-400L, this lens zoom is fully internal, the lens doesnt expand when zoomed and there is no lens creep, yay! I am not a pixel peeper. Im just a hobbyist who wants to strike a balance between cost, portability and image quality while hiking for hours. As far as I am concerned this lens produces stunning images with my a6000 that are better than what my 7D with 100-400L could do, sans the extra 200mm, but also sans the bulk. Combined with the fast a6000 focus this lens is a blast to use. The attached images are unedited, just exported from Lightroom with default settings.

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I didnt care too much for this lens. not saying its bad, im just saying for the price point i expected a little more. if i were to go back i probably would have just got the 90mm G macro lens or else any of the zeiss lens for sony FF. especially for a 42mp camera, this isnt that sharp. once you get past 100mm or lower than f/8 it isnt all that great. there really isnt much good telephoto lenses for sony (unless you got alot of money to burn) if you are into photography from great distances id probably stick to canon or nikon. these same lenses are like half the price. but since i dont care too much about long range shots of animals, the wide angle and 55mm lens shots are amazing enough for me. until i look at more pics from the 90mm G macro.

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I started to notice that I was finding the 70-200 f4 spending more time on the camera, great reach, compression and subject separation when taking portraits. It’s not too heavy but you will find yourself wanting more light in low light situations.

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