This is really a great zoom range for general travel photography (and other specific purposes). Sure, youre not going to take tight wildlife shots at 105mm, and youre not going to get those super-wide architecture shots, but for everything else this is really the sweet spot for a only-carry-one-lens...

When you're talking mirrorless and everything's on the sensor, there shouldn't be back or front-focus issues, all on the sensor. But I could manually adjust or auto adjust to the center of a camera target and the focus point would be forward of that, with center a bit defocused.

Overall the Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS is an obvious choice in the Sony lineup. It may not be able to touch the center quality of the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM but the border quality is surprisingly high for such a lens - at least when stopping down to f/5.6. Lateral CAs are moderate.

+ Consistently sharp at all focal lengths; + Fast; silent autofocus; + Relatively compact and lightweight; + Impressively resistant to flare

Autofocus failure in AF-C on the Alpha 9

I bought this only 2 weeks ago and have used it on three excursions. I was surprised to find out how versatile it is, exactly as the sales consultant at Wex Photographic told me. I bought it because I trusted what he said. Just as sharp from wide-angle to telephoto.

I put this lens on a Sony a6000 body and tested it against my favourite f1.4 Sigma wide prime. The 24-105mm just outmatched the good Sigma glass in every way. This monster metal beast fetched details in the shadows and highlights, and even picked up the faint blue tones in pine needles.

I bought this lens because I wanted two things: a step up in quality from my Sony 28-70mm kit lens and a greater focal range for travel. Although this lens adds quite some weight to your bag, the results are worth it.

Good Build Quality; Great Picture Quality

Bulky

I needed a lens for video work. I usually use prime lenses and zoom wasn't on my wish list but I have tried this 24-105 f4 lens and I fell in love with it. The lens is sharp, very sharp. Auto focuses beautifully while recording video on a7sII. Works great in a rig and on a gimbal.

It is an average lens extremely overpriced. Quality pictures aren't good for that price. You can't compare it to Zeiss at all. What can I say. Aye AF work very poor with this lens. Lens returned.

If you had to choose just one lens to take with an α7 camera while travelling, this would be the one. It's a fine companion to the α7M3 (INSERT LINK) we used for our review and should be as good a fit with any of the other models in the series, as well as the α9.