Announced in late March 2016, the Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS lens has been designed primarily for use on the company's full-frame α7 bodies. It's the first Sony α E-mount lens to reach a 300mm focal length and the company's first E-mount zoom to cover a 70mm to 300mm range.

The 70-300mmm G lens is the longest telephoto lens you can currently find for Sony APS-C and full-frame mirrorless cameras. This may not be the case for long, however, as Sony is committed to releasing more lenses for the E-mount system and rumors about a possible 100-400mm have already surfaced.

I bought this lens for my travel pictures three months ago and it has taken some great shots even under reasonably low light its image stabilization and lightness make it the ideal lens for travell.

Well made lens constrained by its slow speed. Reasonably sharp and compares well to the other manufacturers. The fly by wire focus is ok but not as good as manual direct focus. However the auto focus is excellent if you're likely to use that (on my A7R2). I have confidence in this 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.

Beyond question this is a seriously good lens - at the price it needs to be. It is the kind of lens you use with a camera on the back, rather than use the camera with a lens on the front!

Easily Interchangeable; Strong Construction

Barrel rotation on zoom; Expensive; Heavy; No tripod bush; Zoom lock only at 70mm - no intermediate stops

I bought this lens for use with an A6000. It is used alongside an 18-105 OSS G, which I can compare it with. They are used mainly for nature and sports. The 18-105 takes great photos, is very light and portable and has a constant 4.0 aperture, and a constant length (size); However, I find it is not...

The full-frame E-mount FE 70-300mm F4.5 – 5.6 G OSS telephoto zoom lens features a state-of-the-art optical design including four aspherical glass elements, two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements and Sony's Nano AR coating, which all work together to effectively suppress spherical aberration,...

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.

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.