FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS

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!

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.

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.

Good lens