70-200mm f/2.8 lenses have long been some of the most popular workhorses out there, able to tackle a huge range of needs and genres with ease. However, such lenses are neither light nor cheap. 70-200mm f/4 lenses offer a nice alternative for those who do not need that wide aperture, and the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 Macro G OSS II offers 0.5x macro capabilities as well. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of performance and image quality you can expect from it in use.
Coming to you from Matt Irwin Photography, this great video review takes a look at the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 Macro G OSS II. At $1,100 less than the f/2.8 version, the 70-200mm f/4 offers some nice savings. No doubt, there are certain genres that will appreciate the extra light-gathering power offered by the former, such as wedding and sports photography, but if you are someone like a landscape or even portrait photographer, it is well worth considering if you and your bank account would be better suited by the f/4 version. In particular, with the high-ISO capabilities of modern cameras, f/4 lenses are arguably more capable than ever before, and this one certainly offers a lot of versatility. Check out the video above for Irwin's full thoughts on the lens.
It is very encouraging to see greatly increased close-up capabilities in a new zoom lens. Of course "Macro" is a misnomer, as it is not capable of true macro, but at least Sony is putting R&D into obtaining much closer MFD than they have traditionally given us in zoom lenses. Now I have more hope that the words "macro" and "zoom" will be used in conjunction with each other more frequently over the coming decades.