Sony SEL 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS E-Mount Lens

Bought this lens to compliment my shorter focal length lenses. Brilliant!!

Fantastic zoom lens. Lightweight with a lot of reach. Actually better in low light situations than I thought it would be not having the widest aperture but good enough for moon photos and excellent for wildlife. Literally does not come off my a6700 as it's soo good. Od you want a light travel friendly zoom lens then this is the one to purchase. Might not have the zoom of the bigger higher end lens' but try carrying them around with you all day without moaning about the weight. I've done a whole shoot trackside at Brands Hatch, walked round my local RSPB without even breaking a sweat. The only zoom lens you really need...and can actually afford

Light and easy to use. Works great with my Sony A6700

Brilliant Lens, what more can I say other than I'm extremely pleased with the quality of pictures the lens is capable of!

Very sharp and quite light for the reach it gives, hardly ever leaves my camera.

Fantastic lens. Looking forward to trying it out soon.

Bought last month after months of saving, love to take photos just dont have the funds to buy equipment. Coupled to a a6000 that was donated from a friend after his upgrade to a6700.
Images look fantastic on this lens, only one i have so carnt compare to others.

Actually got to try this lens out properly today and the images are amazing

After playing around at home learning the features. Got this my first time out. Still have much to learn but had a lot of fun getting outdoors

I use this with my Sony A6700, great combo in the field. Lightweight lens, fast focusing, lens OSS combined with 6700 5 axis IBIS and subject tracking is ideal for birds floating or flying. Highly recommend!

Haven't been using this lens for long, but the image quality so far has been excellent at both ends of the range. It sits nicely on my a6700 and not front heavy at all, I thought it maybe would have been. The zoom operation is nice and smooth, not loose with any hint of losing the position you set it to when hands off. Very happy to recommend.

Haven't been using this lens for long, but the image quality so far has been excellent at both ends of the range. It sits nicely on my a6700 and not front heavy at all, I thought it maybe would have been. The zoom operation is nice and smooth, not loose with any hint of losing the position you set it to when hands off. Very happy to recommend.

A beautifully engineered lens with superb sharpness allowing me to take landscape and wildlife images that, to me as an amateur are more than acceptable. The attached image taken with this lens has been cropped/edited in Lightroom.

I was reluctant to spend this much on a lens for my a6400 camera but am happy that I did. All functions of this lens have exceeded my expectations. The clarity is Sharp. The OSS works wonders. It is a real joy to use. Thank You Sony for designing it and Thank You China for manufacturing a high quality product. I highly recommend this lens!

I have been using the lens from a week, and have observed issues with clarity and focus at 350mm. Pictures turn out to be soft and not having enough detail. Would recommend it for shorter zoom ranges and still images. When trying to take panning shots of birds or animals most of the time they are out of focus. I'm using it with Sony a6700. If you are serious about long range zoom, sports or wildlife I would suggest sharper and better lens. This lens are good for a beginner or hobbyist.

The best camera companion I've ever used. It's just perfect lens that has not only the best zoom I exactly need, but also has the ability to produce close range pictures in a magnificent shape and finish.
The weight of the lens is excellent and it looks beautiful on the camera body.
It's a bargain and a must have.

The perfect lens to work alongside my new A7, as new to photography sometimes you need a little help! when fully understood it set up a new challenge to enhance and extend into the future

I needed more reach for my A6700 when photographing animals at the Phoenix Zoo. I read the reviews and decided to give it a try. So glad that I bought this lens. Very fast focus and very sharp images. I am going to the Salt River to Photograph Wild Horses in a few weeks. This lens will be on my camera the whole time. Good job Sony

The Sony products are good however the customer service is pretty terrible. Had an offer for cash back and had to chase and cash to try and get the refund.

I am using this on my A7C II in crop mode to get equivalent 525mm. Amazing reach for this price and such a lightweight lens, and I put up with only having 15Mp resolution. Would be ideal on higher Mp full frame cameras. Using full frame there is virtually no vignette at 70mm. Up to 200mm vignette just affects the corners, so much better than APS-C crop. Even beyond that a square crop will avoid most of the vignette up to 300mm.

I use this lens for wildlife photography, it's a great lens. It is sharp and great colour.

I purchased this lens about 1 month ago, it's light for it's size, excellent picture quality, and at a good price.

It gives me the extra reach for wildlife and street photography with great sharpnes, colors and dof. Also size and weight are fine for travel photography.

I bought this a few weeks ago with an A6700 and put it to good use a few days later on a trip to London and this weekend at Chinese New Year celebrations in Southampton. The quality of images is amazing and so much better than the 55-210mm that it replaced.

The autofocus is quick and accurate, especially in continuous mode, and the build quality is reassuringly chunky.

I have alpha a6400 apsc and it will give me a 500mm focal length for just 600 pounds

I bought this lens 4 months ago and it is amazing.

Bought during black friday event at a good price. Lens is performing well. I'm sure there are better lens but I'm sure they come at a much higher price - I'm not a pro! OSS works well. Focus is good and images have been coming out great...just want some better weather conditions now to really put it through its paces.

A recent purchase to go alongside the 16 55 G lens used on A6700. For the size it's a light lens to carry but offers a great focal range , not taken a few test shots at all zoom distances and all photos are sharp, No AF issue's encountered either.
Very happy with this lens , maybe Sony would offer a faster zoom in future.
Purchased lens for an upcoming holiday and I don't think I will be disappointed with the results , it certainly won't be the lens at fault.
Only downside I think is no provision of a lens case , surprisingly being a G lens.

one of the best aps-c lenses ive bought ,really sharp .

one of the best aps-c lenses ive bought ,really sharp .

Bought it as a zoom lens to take wildlife lens.....

Very good zoom lens.
Not exactly designed to do low light shooting, as expected.
Daylight pictures are very, very good.

Sony 70-350 G lens
My chief interest is in nature and wildlife photography and this lens was bought to use with my Sony Alpha 6000 as an alternative to my heavy DSLR with a 100-400 L lens. The lightness and compactness of the Sony equipment is a great advantage when walking all day and the controls on the lens are quite instinctive. However, I was advised that I would not get the full benefit of the advanced OSS on the Sony lens because my Alpha 6000 is an old camera. Unfortunately, this advice appears to be the case.
I always shoot in burst mode but I still have to take many shots before I am satisfied with the sharpness of images. When photographing insects, particularly dragonflies and butterflies, I am often using the lens at full-telephoto and approaching close to my subjects. The shots are hand held but even though I support the camera very carefully and firmly the majority of images are not in focus. I am aware that the image doesn't seem as steady in the viewfinder as compared with my previous equipment. When images are captured well, however, the quality of the optics is very pleasing. See attached images.
If Sony would like to lend me a more advanced camera model eg Alpha 6400 then I will be happy to re-test the lens and report back.

With a useful zoom range coupled with excellent contrast and sharpness this is a great sports lens

Had lens for three weeks. Compliments my Sony A6300.Very easy to handle and pics excellent quality

Excellent discount from Sony during an Amazon Prime promotion!
I have an a6000! Pleased with my lens! Sony should update a6000 firmware to get full benefits from this lens.

Pros: Nicely built lens, quality degree of weather sealing,
effective optical stabilizer , fast and quiet autofocus, good tracking capabilities, excellent sharpness and contrast
Sharp across frame and across zoom range, good bokeh rendering
Not so good :- flare prone and some pincushion distortion

We have lots of amazing wild life in our area, something I recently took an interest into photographing, after quite a bit of research and watching countless YouTube reviews I decided to take the plunge and purchase the lens.
I have been very impressed with the results, the photographs have been very sharp even at 350 with no sign of camera shake.
Thanks Sony.
Highly recommended

I bought this lens to use on my Sony a9. I wanted a lens that wasn't too large or heavy, that gave me switchable auto/manual focus, and image stabilisation.
This lens provides all of that and using the a9's Super 35 mode gives me a range of 105 - 525mm.
The results meet all of my expectations and the picture quality is perfect for what I require.
My main subjects are aircraft in flight and wildlife.
I am even more impressed by the results obtained when using my camera's digital zoom, which takes this lens up to an incredible 1050mm equivalent.
It's auto focusing speed is very fast and accurate, this coupled with the added image stabilisation makes this lens a definite winner for me.

The lens is extremely light and easy to carry and pack, yet performs with superior results. I took it on a recent walk through a large city, and was amazed at the detail in the photos of the birds I took.

Very pleased with the results from this lens. Gives sharp pictures even when hand-held.

This was my first telephoto lens, and I bought it three months ago to use on my A6000. It's such fun to use and very versatile: it can be used for action, wildlife, landscapes and portraits. You will need to have good light to be able take photos that require a higher shutter count, but when the subject allows is, the OSS works well, or a tripod can be used. It took me a bit of time to learn how to capture photos I enjoy looking at, but with this lens, it's been great fun.

Key qualities about this lens:
- Portability (under 600gr, and very compact dimensions for such a telephoto 105-525 FF equivalent) which makes it easy to bring this lens along on hikes, travel, in a simple messenger bag: "The best camera is the one you carry"
- Amazing Image Quality, which completely satisfies consummate pro photographers !
- Very good OSS, tremendous help at the long end
- Affordability
- E-mount

A little bit of background which might resonate with a number of hobbyists and enthusiasts who may have found themselves in my situation, and maybe help them avoid making the 'mistake' I made.

I got into photography at end of 2019 after a trip to Colombia where I realised the photos from my smartphone, GoPro and Osmo Pocket, were underwhelming compared to my friend's dslr.
At the time, as a total beginner, after learning the basics about the exposure triangle and watching countless Youtube reviews about cameras, I chose a Canon M50 instead of a Sony A6400. Key reasons: ergonomics, simple menus, touchscreen, brand reputation and price. After building up a decent lineup of lenses (11-22, 22, 18-150, the sigma trio) and even upgrading to the M6 mk ii, I really enjoyed my kit and took a lot of nice photos.
But now that I caught the bug and really enjoy this hobby, I found myself wanting more and more reach for wildlife, sports and even for landscape and street photography. I also noticed that most of my photos were at the longer end. I went from taking more wide angle pictures, to better subject isolation and composition, as well as really appreciating the background compression longer focal lengths create. As a result, my 150mm max focal length was starting to show its limits. I also started to be disappointed with how soft the photos were compared to my sigma 56 f1.4.
So I investigated for a while the various options for telephoto lenses, with non-negotiable criterias for my use case: price, portability and IQ. Unfortunately the choice for the ef-m mount just doesn't exist, and won't since Canon has now killed this very convenient and promising system. Adapting EF glass is impractical and defeats the purpose of owning and carrying a small compact apsc setup. I quickly realised I didn't want to carry my sigma EF 18-35 f1.8 once I got the sigma ef-m 16 f1.4. So adapting either the heavy and bulky sigma 100-400 or 150-600 was a no go.
I therefore found myself realising I would need to look at other bodies and good lenses that would match them: after watching a lot of content, I landed on either going
- Canon RF with the R10 + the excellent compact and light RF 100-400
- or Sony with the a6400 (or ZV-e10) + this amazing 70-350

After watching one of my favourite wildlife bird photographer notice some AF issues with the R7 and R10, and also knowing that I really wanted the sigma 18-50 f2.8 as my main mid-range lens, which only exists for the E-mount; I was already leaning Sony. Then Canon announced recently they were not going to let 3rd party lens manufacturers develop affordable good quality lenses for the RF mount. This sealed the deal for me.
So here I am 3 years later, full circle. I would have saved myself quite a bit of money and frustration by getting that A6400 from the very beginning.

My conclusion for any enthusiast getting into this hobby: it's ALL about the lenses ! Ignore any fanboy/partisan brand debate except for the reliability of AF (which is really important indeed). Ignore any road map, rumours of lens release: only trust the ones already available on the market for your needs.

And if your budget is under £1k and you want an excellent portable APS-C telephoto, there is essentially no competition with this 70-350. It's the best in the market ! And since it's an E-mount, it will mount perfectly on a full frame body in the future if I feel the need to. This lens is an absolute keeper.

Below are a few shots with this lens mounted on the ZV-e10.

I bought this lens for my partner to pair with her A6400. She found my 200-600 just too heavy. At 105 to 520 ish full frame equivalent this has great reach. Light weight and at time of purchase good value. In my opinion the sharpness of the lens compares to the full frame 200-600. You can’t go wrong with this lens.

I bought this lens as an intermediary as I have a 24/240 lens & a 200/600 lens (which is my favorite-mounted on an A9). I use this lens on my newly purchased A7 iv as I am using this camera for mainly video which drops the frame size to ASPC in 4K. So this lens (as it is basically an APSC) is just the ticket for this application. I also use it for stills. It is sharp, the focus is fast & responsive and is so light to use compared with the 200/600. I shoot mainly wildlife, particularly birds of prey and WW11 airplanes so the 70/350 is great for video at airshows as a 400mm lens is just too long.

Light and with todays high ISO cameras, nothing to stop it producing great results

Light and with todays high ISO cameras, nothing to stop it producing great results

I have had the lens for 2 months now and have only had three real opportunity to test it. Based on this I have found the lens on my a6300 able to produce sharp detailed images. I have also on my last outing used F8 and tried to keep the ISO has low as possible this
has produced some nice images. The images are good through the whole zoom range.

I bought this for my APS-C A6400 and it compliments the 16-55mm G Lens perfectly. Great sharpness and good reach. A little slow in low light but very useable. Tried it on my full frame A7 in crop mode and the reach extends to 525mm, as long as you fill the frame you get great results. There is not a lot of scope to crop again in post. A good telephoto zoom at a reasonable price.

Need a A7 or 6600series body to use all the features of this lens

I've had a lot of fun with this lens so far. The zooms lets you capture the detail of birds and animals. The image is sharp. The only downside is that you need good light as it doesn't let in a lot of light.