The Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens is a right choice for those looking for a relatively long range of telephoto focal lengths in a compact package with a moderate price tag.

DO NOT BUY for VIDEO!!! This lensa focus system is complete garbage. The speed in which you turn the focus ring determines the focus and not how much you move the focus ring. Itas not true manual focus making any repeatable focus move impossible and hence extremely impractical for video.

This lens is quite big, heavy, and expensive for its modest specifications. There is nothing too bad or too exciting about this lens. It's not as sharp as a good copy of 70-200, but it's not as bad 24-240 either, it's just average almost as good as Canon 70-300/4-5.6 IS USM.

good range; reasonably sharp

poor focusing

Brought this about a month ago - wanted that extra bit of reach for landscapes, and the small amount of sports photography I do for my baseball team. Considered the 70-200 F4 but couldn't justify the extra expense, bulk and weight when I don't really need the constant F4 aperture.

So far, a good solid lens. Biggest drawback is that it doesn't have a tripod collar. I don't understand why Sony didn't allow for this.

Can't use on a tripod

I'm an amateur photographer so I wanted a telephoto lens but didn't have the budget to spend on the 400. I picked this lens up and could not be happier with the performance. It is heavy, but so is any good telephoto lens.

Sony's full format mirrorless system has been an immense success in recent years and with the release of the Alpha 9 they are now truly threatening the remaining native DSLR homelands. The FE system has been traditionally weak regarding very long tele lenses. However, Sony is trying to catch up now.

The Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS fills an important gap in Sony's FE lineup as it offers a high-quality mainstream telephoto-zoom lens option at a relatively approachable price tag.

I bought this lens earlier in the year and have been using it consistently since for wildlife and bird shooting. It doesn't do great in really low light but with the correct ISO in lower light it's fine. The focus is decently fast and the bokeh is nice.

Expensive (like most lenses for the a7 series) big and heavy (which can make it feel unbalanced if you don't hold the camera in the right way) but it can take some really good real world pictures - sharp with nice bokeh and no noticeable distortion or aberrations.