Almost every manufacturer has a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens or something similar, as it represents a useful and versatile telephoto focal length range for many photographers without the stratospheric price of supertelephoto primes. This great video review takes a look at Sony's version, the FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens.
Coming to you from Dustin Abbott, this great video review takes a look at the Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. Though professional sports and wildlife shooters often turn to high-price supertelephoto prime lenses, for the majority of photographers, a supertelephoto zoom is a more appropriate balance between capabilities and cost, and with the impressive high ISO capabilities of modern bodies, the narrower maximum apertures are not as big a problem, plus the zoom capabilities can actually be far more convenient. As a member of Sony's G Master series, this particular lens has a lot of their best tech, including two extra-low dispersion elements and one Super ED element for reduced aberrations and better clarity, Nano AR coating for reduced flares and better contrast, an impressive 0.35x maximum magnification, dust and weather-sealing, and a rounded nine-blade diaphragm. Check out the video above for Abbott's full thoughts.
I've been very happy with this lens. I would certainly like a longer one but my priority was/is travel. I've been photographing the BWCA for 7 years now. Even bringing a lens of this size is a challenge but I've made it work. It's just compact enough.
One tip I do have is to replace the foot. I ended up with the KCS version. It was cheaper and smaller than the RR version. Although I did add a peak design anchor mount and clip. That matched the price of the RR version but with more versatility. The reason why I did this was to keep the camera and lens horizontal using a strap. This is important since this lens does not have a barrel lock.
Anyway, here are some shots with this lens and an example of setup.