Gary-West Sussex
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Sony FE 70-300mm f4.5 ....... anyone else tried this lens yet?
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Gary-West Sussex
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Sample pic..... heavily cropped.....
baltimorecaesar
Forum Enthusiast
I'm pretty sure you are one of the first. Please tell us about it, I'm sure a lot of people would love to hear about how it performs at various focal lengths/apertures, and/or see images
chrisrabe
Senior Member
I asked some of these retailers if they would have stock this week :/
After the mc-11 I think I'm near swearing off adapters.
After the mc-11 I think I'm near swearing off adapters.
Thomas KP Lee
Leading Member
I received the FE 70-300 for 4 days, and tested it with the A6300, as the A6300 is the one really need a tele lens with OSS, because A6300 does not have IBIS.
The result is good. In fact, I compare photos with the A mount 70-300 G2 that I tested with A7rII ( with LE-EA3 and LA-EA4) last August ( after the testing I returned the A mount 70-300 G2 as it is not good at all), at the 300mm end ( I think the IQ at the tele end is most important for user), both at f8 and I crop for about the same size, you can see below the big difference.
A6300 + Sony FE 70-300 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 160
A7rII + LA-EA3 + A mount 70-300 G2 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 200
The FE70-300 lens seems quite good even at wide open.
I tried shooting my two dogs with A6300 this morning at the park for the AF tracking, also seems reasonably good. It seems to me the locked AF is good for tracking the running dogs.
The result is good. In fact, I compare photos with the A mount 70-300 G2 that I tested with A7rII ( with LE-EA3 and LA-EA4) last August ( after the testing I returned the A mount 70-300 G2 as it is not good at all), at the 300mm end ( I think the IQ at the tele end is most important for user), both at f8 and I crop for about the same size, you can see below the big difference.
A6300 + Sony FE 70-300 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 160
A7rII + LA-EA3 + A mount 70-300 G2 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 200
The FE70-300 lens seems quite good even at wide open.
I tried shooting my two dogs with A6300 this morning at the park for the AF tracking, also seems reasonably good. It seems to me the locked AF is good for tracking the running dogs.
Thomas KP Lee
Leading Member
I also tested the CA of this lens at 300mm with the A6300, and it seems cannot visually see any. This is much better than my Tamron 16-300 OS (with MB4) on the A6300 as CA is serious. Though the Tamron 16-300 OS have good IQ at 300mm too, and with more versatile focal range.
Furthermore, I also compare this FE70-300 OSS to the Sony 24-240 OSS, 70-300 is slightly larger, but lighter than the 24-240 in weight. Also IQ is slightly better than 24-240 too.
Furthermore, I also compare this FE70-300 OSS to the Sony 24-240 OSS, 70-300 is slightly larger, but lighter than the 24-240 in weight. Also IQ is slightly better than 24-240 too.
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l_d_allan
Veteran Member
Note that this lens doesn't have a constant max aperture of f4.5, but rather has a max aperture of f5 and then f5.6 at longer focal lengths (don't know when it adjusts from f5 to f5.6 as focal length increases)
NumberOne
Senior Member
Thank you very much for your feedback!I received the FE 70-300 for 4 days, and tested it with the A6300, as the A6300 is the one really need a tele lens with OSS, because A6300 does not have IBIS.
The result is good. In fact, I compare photos with the A mount 70-300 G2 that I tested with A7rII ( with LE-EA3 and LA-EA4) last August ( after the testing I returned the A mount 70-300 G2 as it is not good at all), at the 300mm end ( I think the IQ at the tele end is most important for user), both at f8 and I crop for about the same size, you can see below the big difference.
A6300 + Sony FE 70-300 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 160
A7rII + LA-EA3 + A mount 70-300 G2 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 200
The FE70-300 lens seems quite good even at wide open.
I tried shooting my two dogs with A6300 this morning at the park for the AF tracking, also seems reasonably good. It seems to me the locked AF is good for tracking the running dogs.
From the images I saw so far, it seems Sony made a very good 70-300 (alternative) zoom...
My only concerns still are the eventual zoom creep (it has a lock button for this reason, I guess...), the opposite arrangement of the focus and zoom rings, and finally, the missing tripod shoe...
Care to comment about these "issues" of mine?
TIA,
All the best,
Pedro
If you can upload any of those shots then that would be great! Dogs are great subjects for lens testing.
Thomas KP Lee
Leading Member
The zoom does not creep at all, the friction of the zoom ring is very good that I do not real it is tight, but it also does not creep even if I place it vertically, I do not use the lock button at all. Since the whole lens can fit the palm, so the zoom ring is in the right place for the thumb and index fingers to turn it while the focus ring in the closer side is seldom used. Also there is a "stop focus" button located on the left side which can be used to stop focus and re-frame easily.Thank you very much for your feedback!I received the FE 70-300 for 4 days, and tested it with the A6300, as the A6300 is the one really need a tele lens with OSS, because A6300 does not have IBIS.
The result is good. In fact, I compare photos with the A mount 70-300 G2 that I tested with A7rII ( with LE-EA3 and LA-EA4) last August ( after the testing I returned the A mount 70-300 G2 as it is not good at all), at the 300mm end ( I think the IQ at the tele end is most important for user), both at f8 and I crop for about the same size, you can see below the big difference.
A6300 + Sony FE 70-300 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 160
A7rII + LA-EA3 + A mount 70-300 G2 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 200
The FE70-300 lens seems quite good even at wide open.
I tried shooting my two dogs with A6300 this morning at the park for the AF tracking, also seems reasonably good. It seems to me the locked AF is good for tracking the running dogs.
From the images I saw so far, it seems Sony made a very good 70-300 (alternative) zoom...
My only concerns still are the eventual zoom creep (it has a lock button for this reason, I guess...), the opposite arrangement of the focus and zoom rings, and finally, the missing tripod shoe...
Care to comment about these "issues" of mine?
TIA,
All the best,
Pedro
I think the miss of tripod ring is because the whole lens is rather small and light weight. When use with A6300 it may be a bit unbalance, but on A7rII, it is quite OK and I think with a reasonable good tripod head for mount on the A7rII bottom, there is completely no problem of unbalance of the camera and lens.
NumberOne
Senior Member
Thank you - so much - for clarifying!The zoom does not creep at all, the friction of the zoom ring is very good that I do not real it is tight, but it also does not creep even if I place it vertically, I do not use the lock button at all. Since the whole lens can fit the palm, so the zoom ring is in the right place for the thumb and index fingers to turn it while the focus ring in the closer side is seldom used. Also there is a "stop focus" button located on the left side which can be used to stop focus and re-frame easily.Thank you very much for your feedback!I received the FE 70-300 for 4 days, and tested it with the A6300, as the A6300 is the one really need a tele lens with OSS, because A6300 does not have IBIS.
The result is good. In fact, I compare photos with the A mount 70-300 G2 that I tested with A7rII ( with LE-EA3 and LA-EA4) last August ( after the testing I returned the A mount 70-300 G2 as it is not good at all), at the 300mm end ( I think the IQ at the tele end is most important for user), both at f8 and I crop for about the same size, you can see below the big difference.
A6300 + Sony FE 70-300 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 160
A7rII + LA-EA3 + A mount 70-300 G2 at 300mm, f8, 1/250, ISO 200
The FE70-300 lens seems quite good even at wide open.
I tried shooting my two dogs with A6300 this morning at the park for the AF tracking, also seems reasonably good. It seems to me the locked AF is good for tracking the running dogs.
From the images I saw so far, it seems Sony made a very good 70-300 (alternative) zoom...
My only concerns still are the eventual zoom creep (it has a lock button for this reason, I guess...), the opposite arrangement of the focus and zoom rings, and finally, the missing tripod shoe...
Care to comment about these "issues" of mine?
TIA,
All the best,
Pedro
I think the miss of tripod ring is because the whole lens is rather small and light weight. When use with A6300 it may be a bit unbalance, but on A7rII, it is quite OK and I think with a reasonable good tripod head for mount on the A7rII bottom, there is completely no problem of unbalance of the camera and lens.
It's still a lens with not much use yet, but good to know there is no zoom creep for the time being (and hopefully it will stay like that forever) and the same goes for well balancing on the A7RII, meaning it will not over-stress the E-mount camera mount, which is my main concern as I still use/own an A7R and use tripod a lot, although I have the all-metal E-mount fitted; nevertheless, I believe it would be more stable with a more direct lens tripod shoe when mounted on a tripod, although at a cost of portability and hand-use/manageability...
As for the opposite arrangement of the zoom and focus rings and because I use MF a lot, I have to give it a try and see if I don't get nuts when using my other FE zooms, all of which have the usual Sony ring positioning; the 1EV speed lost, although not pleasant, it's fairly understandable/reasonable for this kind of lens!
All the best,
Pedro
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Thomas KP Lee
Leading Member
Sure, but I have to shrink the size of the photo ( original are 6000 x 4000 pixel) to be able to post here, and I do not use things such as drop box, so will be difficult to provide in original size.
A6300 + FE 70-300 at 278mm f8, 1/1000 , ISO 1000
A6300 + FE 70-300 at 278mm, f8, 1/1000, ISO 640
A6300 + FE 70-300 at 285mm, f8, 1/1600, ISO 2500
A6300 + FE 70-300 at 278mm, f8, 1/1600, ISO 1600
A6300 + FE 70-300 at 223mm, f8, 1/1600, ISO 2500
NumberOne
Senior Member
...And more info is appearing!
http://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/sony/fe-70-300mm-f4.5-5.6g-oss-sel70300g/review/
...And again the images are looking rather good!
All the best,
Pedro
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MVDH
Senior Member
Looking promising. Thanks for sharing.
Gary-West Sussex
Leading Member
Another shot with this lens taken in my garden..... this little critter visits us quite regular.... am starting to love this lens......
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