@@igoryudnikov6198 it's a useful information, I use some APSC lenses in full frame mode and shooting without camera corrections, so the lens covers nearly all the full frame, then you need to correct manually the image or create a profile to correct the lens
I’ve been thinking of getting this for my A7R4 but wasn't sure if it would fit. You're by far the first RUclipsr that had tested this lens on a full-frame body! Thank you for your review!
@@kaleff75 this is not true, you can choose full frame mode. Sony doesn't force APS-C mode. As the video shows, you get a full frame image at 70mm and at 350mm you get a small amount of black edges but you can still crop to a much bigger square image than APS-C
@@kaleff75 you don't get any closer, it's just a crop of the full frame image, so you can get the same result by cropping in postprocessing, but with more flexibility for a wider view especially vertically. But I guess it does save space. 26 megapixels is fine, but most of us have 24MP with full frame so the reduction in pixels in crop mode is pretty bad! I have the 70-300 and it's heavy and fat. Your fingers literally don't have space at the grip on an A7iii. Plus it doesn't have a tripod mount which is a glaring oversight for a lens of that weight. I'm returning it and may get the 70-350
@@kaleff75 Just stop it with the ignorance. The 70 to 350 covers the full frame sensor easily up to 120 mm and can even realistically go up to 200 if you can accept some slight vignetting. That means if you want a wide end you can be in full frame mode for the 70 mm shots. Or you can use apsc crop mode to go all the way to 525 mm. That is an insane focal range being covered by one lens. It is sharper than the 70 to 300 assuming you get a good copy as there are sample variations with both. Better macro too because a .23 magnification ratio in apsc is like .35 in full frame terms. It is also 200 grams lighter than the 70 to 300 which is a significant difference.
Mine arrived today! Was £549 new from Sony UK saving £280 off usual Sony price of £829! Amazon was offering at the lower price for new trial Prime customers but offer only lasted 5-6 days so I guess Sony chose to match Amazon for the same period! Very happy!😁😁😁😁
Thank you for the video. As you mentioned, I use this lens on my full-frame body (105-525mm) to reach the extra-long distance in a cost-effective fashion for just 625g. It is just perfect if you do not pixel-peep, and the output is not too bad.
Considering that wild life photographers will often stop down their lenses a little, so the whole animal stay in focus, and considering the sharpness of this lens, it's pretty much a professional grade lens.
I switched from Canon gear and I was shooting on a 7D Mark-2 and a 6D Mark-2. As part of my lens lineup, I owned a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS ii lens and loved it. However, I didn't use it all that much because of the weight and size! Unless I was planning to shoot planes or wildlife, I would generally leave it home because it was too heavy to carry. When I switched to Sony, I decided not to purchase the 100-400mm or 200-600mm Sony lens because I was sure that I would not get enough use out of either lens. However, the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS lens is reasonably light so I purchased one. My A6400 and this lens weighs less than half of what the 7D2 and 100-400mm lens weighed. Sure, I can only use this lens on a crop sensor camera but, I never used the Canon telephoto on my full frame Canon body. I always used it on the 7D2. The image quality and autofocus capability is very good to excellent and I am quite happy with this lens...
Sony even has a barrel for that in their SEL70300G. Would be great if they made closer focusing (1m or less) 70-350mm f/4.0-5.6 aps-c with that barrel.
Hi Christopher, this review actually made me decide to stay with the Sony APS-C format and get the new A6600, instead of going full frame. Because of that purchase, this Sony 70-350 will have to wait a bit though... ;-) Based on (mainly) your previous reviews I already bought the Samsung 12mm f2 (corrected: Samyang), the Sigma 16 ánd 56 mm for my little Sony A5100. Have been a fan for a few years now; thank you sooooo much for all these elegant lens reviews. Your calm and gentle voice is a true joy to listen too, on a medium where fast and loud and freaky seems to be the norm. Thank you for that. What can I say but; looking forward to more delightful video's from you; please never stop! :-)
I just picked this up for my A6400 and absolutely love it. I took it on a trip to Mexico and it does fantastic for birding. It's also a particularly good value in Canada. I'm not sure why but this lens is priced at $900 USD worldwide and $900 CAD in Canada. As of this writing that comes out to just under $700 USD.
I just ordered this lens, and am excited to get it. I can't tell you how useful a super zoom is when traveling overseas. So many scenes as you travel will be missed without a quick zoom. I can't tell you how useful a zoom is when attending soccer games, etc. I will be using the following lenses now when I travel: Sony 70-350, Sony 18-135, Sigma 30mm/f 1.4, and a Meike 12mm 1.7. These lenses provide a really nice range and are all APSC-portable with my Sony A6600. Before setting out I try to eliminate at least one of the lenses to lighten the load. Thanks for this excellent review!
Philip I tried it out yesterday, and it is massive.... I think the 100-400 is a much better choice as it’s a hell of a lot more portable, and it’s sharper with better autofocus, so it’s worth the extra money
@Foto4Max for apsc maybe but I have full frame and even if I wanted more reach I'd rather lose a little bit of image quality then to carry around that enormous lens
Yes the lens is heavy. Even though I can carry it a whole day without big problems. There are wildlife lenses that are much heavier. This lens is actually quite light for what it is.. The 100400GM may be better for hiking, but won't give you the same image qualitiy croped to 600mm.. 200600G has great image qualitiy in my opinion. So it's a matter of preference..
Thanks, Christopher, I know this review is a bit long in the tooth, but nonetheless very helpful. I can't begin to tell you how many lenses I have bought (or not bought) due to you and your channel. Thank you, thank you for the comprehensive and helpful reviews you provide! BTW, just ordered this one due to your recommendation, so again thanks!
This is a fantastic lense. Sharp and light with image stabilisation. It fits my gear well on my a6400 (35mm equivalent = 105-525mm) together with my a7iii and the 24-105mm
Have you tried this lens on A7iii, I am considering 10-18, 16-70 & 70-350 from Sony for either A6400 or A7iii for travel Photography, especially on motorcycle touring was also considering full frame lenses like Tamron 28-200, Sigma 150-600, Samyang AF18, but it gets heavy & expensive very fast
@@amitkrupal1234 I have not tryed it on My a7iii becaurse the lense is a aps-c lense and Will not cover a fullframe sensor. I use the Sigma 100-400mm on My a7iii. For travel I use My a6400 with 2 ultrawide primes and Tamron 17-70mm and the Sony 70-350mm
Clarification for 3:16, focus breathing applies to zooming in at close focus too. Canon's 70-200 f/2.8s were famous for having a lot of focus breathing, but breathing that zooms in rather than out, so no one really cared when it came to stills.
On R4 focusing is much better. It also tracks subjects very well. I wasn't expecting this lens to perform so well, but it truly does. I love the form factor, you can use it all day without a tripod.
Thanks for very usefull viedio. I have sony alpha a7iii camera. Dose this lend (70mm-350mm) is okay with my camera? I want to buy it, but am not sure, how that will be for my camera. I am no profesional.
You mean more affordable alternatives? Tamron has some APS-C zoom lenses although it starts wider. Like the 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DI III-A VC VXD but it's image quality is not that good as this Sony, and the price difference is very small. Christopher has a review for it. You can check it. I was considering the Tamron, but I decided to go with the Sony after seeing this review and realizing the image quality.
I use this lens on my A7R4 in APS-C mode, this provides 30MP, so 525mm at f6.3 with 30MP makes this a good value, light and realistically inexpensive lens.
Although the field of view of a 350mm APSC lens is equal to that of a 525mm full frame lens, it is totally not fair to say this is giving identical results to a 525mm F6.3 full frame lens (if such a thing existed). But it is very nice anyway and if you don't use the telephoto lens a lot, having this in the bag instead of a full frame 100-400mm at double the weight, can make sense.
Hi Christofer! Congratulations for your impressive lens reviews: I found them really useful, as well as interesting. I'd like to ask, if you could review the Sony SEL18-200mm OSS. Thank you very much in advance!
Sony 70-350mm is the best vs 70-300mm as per other review. ca.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrCxnbEBS5e0HkAAwUXFwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=sony+70-350mm+test+on+sony+a6100&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01#id=7&vid=06fdffacce9701468b20bdbb0bfc972a&action=view
Anyone, especially Chris, have an opinion on whether they'd choose this lens (Sony E 70 - 350 f/4.5-6.3) or the new Sigma 100- 400mm f/5 - f/6.3? They about the same price. It would be used on a A6500 or other Sony crop sensor camera. Mostly interested in how the focusing compares. Thanks.
If I owned a Full Frame camera I'd get the Sigma without any question. If I owned APS-C then I'd probably go with the Sony unless I needed as much telephoto reach as possible
@@christopherfrost Thanks, Chris! The local Camera Company had both in stock and I was able to try both out. Both exceeded my expectations for build quality and basic functions. I was surprised to find the Sigma focused better than expected and was more or less equal to the Sony. With it's slightly smaller maximum aperture it seemed a bit darker through the viewfinder but not significantly. It is larger and heavier. Since I will be using it on a APS-C body the Sony felt a lot more balanced and it matched nicely with my Sony 16-55. Which I also purchased after watching your review of it. Thanks for all your good work...it is great appreciated.
Hopefully you see this or anyone who does photography sees this and responds any information is greatly appreciated what is the difference between this and the Sony - FE 24-240mm because the Fe is a little more money but the mm amount that the sony e reaches is closer
Hi chris firstly great vid.. secondly hope you may be able help me out.. So i ve just got this lens and put it on my a5000 when i tryed to use the zoom bottom on the camera is tells me this funtion isnt avaliable in raw .. ? So is basically a manual zoom lens .. i was under the presumption this lens would work with the zoom button .. My understanding being new to photography could be wong tho .. could you clarify this for me .. Is the zooming done the exclusively manual with the zoom rings or have i got an issue with my camera or lense . When i put it in j peg in body zoom worked but the actual lems didnt physically move .. Ware as my kit lens 16 too 55 moves when i use rhe zoom switch so am a little confused hear. Hope someone can help me out hear ..many thanks for your informative vidoes by the way
Im wondering if you crop photos at around 180mm length how much you will need to crop in post for the photo to be usable on a full frame sony camera compared to 70mm? many thanks
@@doer6002 The Sigma is much bigger and much more heavy. And you need a lot of light for the Sigma. The autofocus of the sigma is slower than the one of the Sony what is bad for shooting fast moving objects. I hope this helps.
Hi Chris, does tamron $499 sp 70-300 di VC usd is equal to or better than $900 Sony 70-350 in image quality and image stabilisation, which you reviewed some year's before.
thanks for nice review. looks like great lens. thanks sony for the lens. it is inexpensive way to do birds photography. I think am gonna start save money for it.
@@SuperDigitalMe but the crop cover the entire frame on r2 and t3? Iirc on A7 iii doesn't work and you don't see the cropped frame full-screen. Maybe I'm wrong. 👍🏻
I have a a6300 & a7iii and agonized for ages between this an the FE 200-600. Not just because of cost but the huge difference in weight and size; which makes a big difference for landscape photography. In the end I went the more expensive FE route. Only time will tell....... was rather hoping you would trash the lens lol
Hi Chris, have you compared side by side image quality of the a5100 vs the a7r2 in crop? I had the r2 and now the r3, and oftenly i found that the lack of the AA filter on the a7r's lets the lens iq shine more (if its good enough...), im specially interested in buying this lens for both crop and fullframe bodies, any comment would be greatly appreciated, thank you
This lens has me torn...I was getting ready to grab an 80-400 Nikkor, but I also shoot with my A6000 and saw this and now I can't decide which one I want. I got the A6000 mostly for a walk around camera, with my D7100 being my main and most of my glass is Nikon. I only have the 2 kit lenses that came with the A6000, and the 210mm is decent for limited birding, but I want that extra reach. Kind of trying to avoid going down the rabbit hole of lens collections for two brands, but this lens is tempting me to make the full switch to Sony.
Yes you can (my 2nd camera). On travelling the A6000 gets the ony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS for very long telephoto . Works also well on A7RIV (my 1st camera).
Christopher...Howdy! Would you consider it more useful to look at sharpness at the rule of thirds point of intesection rather than the corners...we typically will either be in the middle or the intersection of the rule of thirds
But you need to keep in mind that because of the crop factor this lens wont be the same as the 100-400. APS-C is a nice platform but you're better of with your A7iii if I just take a look at the body and functions, I mean there is only IBIS in the A6500 and A6600 for example :'(.
@@lino100x100 Maybe you get one cheap as used. Otherwise maybe something to save money on the long run and make yourself a big present in the future :).
Hi, thank you for the review. I am considering this lens for a trip on a sony A7mkII. Interesting point for meeting : light, almost FF to 200mm, but longer zoom if I rely on crop mode. But with a 24MP sensor, what is the end resolution of cropped images? Do you think it is an OK lens? Can you give me some sample picture at 200 an 300 and 350mm both crop and FF?
It is not really related. The size of the covering circle is related to the lens back elements, the vignette is from front elements vs aperture. Typically when the lens is optimized for FF then you have less vignette in APSC, but… this lens is designed for APSC ;).
Thought this was the lens for my a6400 but unfortunate not. My example had some strange behavior, which I am not alone to see from reading others opinion. Short distance was brilliant, sharp and contrast. But subjects further away than 50 meters turned up soft and really lacking in contrast, just some shady thing over the image just like the af wasnt really confident. Manual focus it often turned out better. I also found that over 300mm I had to stop down the lens to f11 to get ok results. Even comparing to my old Nikon 70-300 VR its results are poor. Probably ended up with a bad sample of the lens, so it went back to the store. Unfortunatly.
Bought it and returned it. I was much happier with the image quality from my adapted Canon 70-200 f4 iii. I should have know from the begining that that was a superior lens.
@@christopherfrost indeed, where will it go from 70 MP though, they're already trying to squeeze 100MP in some phones now. Not that they have any quality glass to match that in such a tiny sensor anyway.
@@christopherfrost thanks for the * on the AF performance. I can rest easy now. Highly recommend a7rIV. It's my main camera for weddings and portraits and spare time shooting.
I love your videos and I'm a regular, but I do have a question. Why do you bother to check lenses with corrections turned off. Most people won't even know how to turn them off, and what is the advantage to doing so. Nice review anyway.
@@johnjgilchrist There is always a cost. When you correct distortion the corners are getting stretched which results in a loss of sharpness. It is noticeable on a pixel level so that's why I never correct distortion when shooting something without straight lines (like most landscapes).
+this lens does fine but many won't after correction and you just wonder what's the problem. Sometimes it also changes focal length a fair bit by crop through correction
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I like your reviews a lot. Not flashy, no sick intro's. No butterysmooth broll. Just super nice and high quality reviews!
Short sweet simple direct to point
I always smile inside when Chris says “due to the effects of diffraction”.
Same (I thought I was the only one)
Yep 👍
And spends about a minute measuring distortion saying it can be fixed automatically. Seems stupidly
@@igoryudnikov6198 Well, it's a useful information. Not all newcomers know about distortion or about fixing it.
@@igoryudnikov6198 it's a useful information, I use some APSC lenses in full frame mode and shooting without camera corrections, so the lens covers nearly all the full frame, then you need to correct manually the image or create a profile to correct the lens
I’ve been thinking of getting this for my A7R4 but wasn't sure if it would fit. You're by far the first RUclipsr that had tested this lens on a full-frame body! Thank you for your review!
@@kaleff75 it's 26mp in APS-C mode on the A7R4, more than sony's current bodies.
I'm thinking the same, I have the A7R4 and would be more than happy with the 26pm files in APSC
@@kaleff75 this is not true, you can choose full frame mode. Sony doesn't force APS-C mode. As the video shows, you get a full frame image at 70mm and at 350mm you get a small amount of black edges but you can still crop to a much bigger square image than APS-C
@@kaleff75 you don't get any closer, it's just a crop of the full frame image, so you can get the same result by cropping in postprocessing, but with more flexibility for a wider view especially vertically. But I guess it does save space. 26 megapixels is fine, but most of us have 24MP with full frame so the reduction in pixels in crop mode is pretty bad! I have the 70-300 and it's heavy and fat. Your fingers literally don't have space at the grip on an A7iii. Plus it doesn't have a tripod mount which is a glaring oversight for a lens of that weight. I'm returning it and may get the 70-350
@@kaleff75 Just stop it with the ignorance. The 70 to 350 covers the full frame sensor easily up to 120 mm and can even realistically go up to 200 if you can accept some slight vignetting. That means if you want a wide end you can be in full frame mode for the 70 mm shots. Or you can use apsc crop mode to go all the way to 525 mm. That is an insane focal range being covered by one lens. It is sharper than the 70 to 300 assuming you get a good copy as there are sample variations with both. Better macro too because a .23 magnification ratio in apsc is like .35 in full frame terms. It is also 200 grams lighter than the 70 to 300 which is a significant difference.
Mine arrived today! Was £549 new from Sony UK saving £280 off usual Sony price of £829!
Amazon was offering at the lower price for new trial Prime customers but offer only lasted 5-6 days so I guess Sony chose to match Amazon for the same period!
Very happy!😁😁😁😁
Thank you for the video. As you mentioned, I use this lens on my full-frame body (105-525mm) to reach the extra-long distance in a cost-effective fashion for just 625g. It is just perfect if you do not pixel-peep, and the output is not too bad.
Considering that wild life photographers will often stop down their lenses a little, so the whole animal stay in focus, and considering the sharpness of this lens, it's pretty much a professional grade lens.
I've seen many wildlife photos taken using this 70-350mm on FM forum. Looks absolutely fantastic
@@EinzMY which forum?Flickr
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I switched from Canon gear and I was shooting on a 7D Mark-2 and a 6D Mark-2. As part of my lens lineup, I owned a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS ii lens and loved it. However, I didn't use it all that much because of the weight and size! Unless I was planning to shoot planes or wildlife, I would generally leave it home because it was too heavy to carry.
When I switched to Sony, I decided not to purchase the 100-400mm or 200-600mm Sony lens because I was sure that I would not get enough use out of either lens.
However, the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS lens is reasonably light so I purchased one. My A6400 and this lens weighs less than half of what the 7D2 and 100-400mm lens weighed. Sure, I can only use this lens on a crop sensor camera but, I never used the Canon telephoto on my full frame Canon body. I always used it on the 7D2.
The image quality and autofocus capability is very good to excellent and I am quite happy with this lens...
@Foto4Max Wish this were an f/4-f/5.6 lens...
@@richardpcrowe Yeah, 70-350mm aps-c is great for me but I would like to sacrifice 100g in weight and 10mm in diameter to get slightly faster lens.
Sony even has a barrel for that in their SEL70300G. Would be great if they made closer focusing (1m or less) 70-350mm f/4.0-5.6 aps-c with that barrel.
O love this lens
I loved that you used an a5100 to take photos!
Love your sharpness tests! Love your videos in general. Very informative. Keep up the good work!
Hi Christopher, this review actually made me decide to stay with the Sony APS-C format and get the new A6600, instead of going full frame. Because of that purchase, this Sony 70-350 will have to wait a bit though... ;-) Based on (mainly) your previous reviews I already bought the Samsung 12mm f2 (corrected: Samyang), the Sigma 16 ánd 56 mm for my little Sony A5100.
Have been a fan for a few years now; thank you sooooo much for all these elegant lens reviews. Your calm and gentle voice is a true joy to listen too, on a medium where fast and loud and freaky seems to be the norm. Thank you for that.
What can I say but; looking forward to more delightful video's from you; please never stop! :-)
@Julian Paolo Dayag Ooops, yes, Samyang! Sorry 'bout that...
Yeah agree
Christopher 's len review
pure, easy read , direct to show the len 's qulaity and true.
no other gimmick
I just picked this up for my A6400 and absolutely love it. I took it on a trip to Mexico and it does fantastic for birding. It's also a particularly good value in Canada. I'm not sure why but this lens is priced at $900 USD worldwide and $900 CAD in Canada. As of this writing that comes out to just under $700 USD.
Meanwhile the fe 70 300 is like $1700 cad!
@@summonedfist // and 70-350mm is superior quality then the Sony 70-300mm for FF.
@@clarification007 so i've read! i've used the 70350g on a non-full moon and it's a substantial improvement over the 55210 lol
Thanks for this comment! You helped me realize that I can save $270.00 by ordering it from a Canadian store and having them ship it to me in the US.
@@brianskibbe7881 Thanks for that tip!
Yes! This is what I've been waiting for!
My wife got me this for Christmas. I've liked the lens so far.
I bet you love your wife to! Lol!
I just ordered this lens, and am excited to get it. I can't tell you how useful a super zoom is when traveling overseas. So many scenes as you travel will be missed without a quick zoom. I can't tell you how useful a zoom is when attending soccer games, etc. I will be using the following lenses now when I travel: Sony 70-350, Sony 18-135, Sigma 30mm/f 1.4, and a Meike 12mm 1.7. These lenses provide a really nice range and are all APSC-portable with my Sony A6600. Before setting out I try to eliminate at least one of the lenses to lighten the load. Thanks for this excellent review!
I'd like to see a review of the 200-600mm for FE mount if you can get a hold of it. :)
It looks a beast of a lens
What do you want to know about it? I have one.. instagram: naturenebe
he wants to know if Christ can hold it. :p
Philip I tried it out yesterday, and it is massive.... I think the 100-400 is a much better choice as it’s a hell of a lot more portable, and it’s sharper with better autofocus, so it’s worth the extra money
@Foto4Max for apsc maybe but I have full frame and even if I wanted more reach I'd rather lose a little bit of image quality then to carry around that enormous lens
Yes the lens is heavy. Even though I can carry it a whole day without big problems. There are wildlife lenses that are much heavier. This lens is actually quite light for what it is.. The 100400GM may be better for hiking, but won't give you the same image qualitiy croped to 600mm..
200600G has great image qualitiy in my opinion.
So it's a matter of preference..
Thanks, Christopher, I know this review is a bit long in the tooth, but nonetheless very helpful. I can't begin to tell you how many lenses I have bought (or not bought) due to you and your channel. Thank you, thank you for the comprehensive and helpful reviews you provide! BTW, just ordered this one due to your recommendation, so again thanks!
This is a fantastic lense. Sharp and light with image stabilisation. It fits my gear well on my a6400 (35mm equivalent = 105-525mm) together with my a7iii and the 24-105mm
Have you tried this lens on A7iii, I am considering 10-18, 16-70 & 70-350 from Sony for either A6400 or A7iii for travel Photography, especially on motorcycle touring was also considering full frame lenses like Tamron 28-200, Sigma 150-600, Samyang AF18, but it gets heavy & expensive very fast
@@amitkrupal1234 I have not tryed it on My a7iii becaurse the lense is a aps-c lense and Will not cover a fullframe sensor. I use the Sigma 100-400mm on My a7iii. For travel I use My a6400 with 2 ultrawide primes and Tamron 17-70mm and the Sony 70-350mm
Is this still a viable purchase lens or has Sony a newer equivalent lens out?
Does to auto lens correction also works for raw?
Great job as always!
I'm waiting for the review of sony gm 100 400 mm.
Clarification for 3:16, focus breathing applies to zooming in at close focus too. Canon's 70-200 f/2.8s were famous for having a lot of focus breathing, but breathing that zooms in rather than out, so no one really cared when it came to stills.
what is it he says @0:00? Shamai Pow?
please make a video on tamron 18-300mm sony apsc
No one reviews as well as you, good on you mate! greetings from wildomar CA.
Small world. I’m in lake Elsinore haha
@@andrewsalazar4955 Hey Andrew... greetings, are you into photography? stay safe my friend!!
@@ottomolina624 Hey Otto. Yes I am an avid photographer. I do it for hobby and am building my portfolio in the automotive sector currently
On R4 focusing is much better. It also tracks subjects very well.
I wasn't expecting this lens to perform so well, but it truly does. I love the form factor, you can use it all day without a tripod.
I just got mine! Love your videos!
Thanks for very usefull viedio. I have sony alpha a7iii camera. Dose this lend (70mm-350mm) is okay with my camera? I want to buy it, but am not sure, how that will be for my camera. I am no profesional.
Sony 70-350 coat same as Sigma 100-400, it might be more useful but Sigma is 510 gms heavier than this also 2 inches longer
@@amitkrupal1234 thanks a lot for good conultation
yeepee !! i have my mine too now, just because of you, thanks a lot for your great advices :D
That full frame coverage was what i need.
Perfect for the Sony A6xxx APS-C It was built for that!
One benefit of smaller format is telephoto reach. There's no 105-525 FF glass ever made under 1kg. Sigma 60-600 is a close one.
@@frankfeng2701 And this can cover full frame sensor up to 150 mm easily. So it is like a 70 to 525 mm lens when combining full frame and crop mode.
What are the best alternatives to this for APS-C with similar range and image stabilization?
You mean more affordable alternatives?
Tamron has some APS-C zoom lenses although it starts wider. Like the 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DI III-A VC VXD but it's image quality is not that good as this Sony, and the price difference is very small. Christopher has a review for it. You can check it.
I was considering the Tamron, but I decided to go with the Sony after seeing this review and realizing the image quality.
Im thinking about sigma 100-400 lens.
I use this lens on my A7R4 in APS-C mode, this provides 30MP, so 525mm at f6.3 with 30MP makes this a good value, light and realistically inexpensive lens.
Although the field of view of a 350mm APSC lens is equal to that of a 525mm full frame lens, it is totally not fair to say this is giving identical results to a 525mm F6.3 full frame lens (if such a thing existed). But it is very nice anyway and if you don't use the telephoto lens a lot, having this in the bag instead of a full frame 100-400mm at double the weight, can make sense.
i have the sigma 70-200 2.8, which is amazing. however, i want some extra reach. 70-350 sounds epic and i'm glad it's sharp!
Hi Christofer! Congratulations for your impressive lens reviews: I found them really useful, as well as interesting. I'd like to ask, if you could review the Sony SEL18-200mm OSS. Thank you very much in advance!
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Love the tests here! How does it compare with Tamron 18-300 lens?
70-350 or 70-300FE wich is best value for aps-c?
Sony 70-350mm is the best vs 70-300mm as per other review. ca.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrCxnbEBS5e0HkAAwUXFwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=sony+70-350mm+test+on+sony+a6100&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01#id=7&vid=06fdffacce9701468b20bdbb0bfc972a&action=view
Anyone, especially Chris, have an opinion on whether they'd choose this lens (Sony E 70 - 350 f/4.5-6.3) or the new Sigma 100- 400mm f/5 - f/6.3? They about the same price. It would be used on a A6500 or other Sony crop sensor camera. Mostly interested in how the focusing compares. Thanks.
If I owned a Full Frame camera I'd get the Sigma without any question. If I owned APS-C then I'd probably go with the Sony unless I needed as much telephoto reach as possible
@@christopherfrost Thanks, Chris! The local Camera Company had both in stock and I was able to try both out. Both exceeded my expectations for build quality and basic functions. I was surprised to find the Sigma focused better than expected and was more or less equal to the Sony. With it's slightly smaller maximum aperture it seemed a bit darker through the viewfinder but not significantly. It is larger and heavier. Since I will be using it on a APS-C body the Sony felt a lot more balanced and it matched nicely with my Sony 16-55. Which I also purchased after watching your review of it. Thanks for all your good work...it is great appreciated.
@@ralphrusso9325 Which one do you recommend? sigma 100-400 or Sony 70-350? please advise
Hopefully you see this or anyone who does photography sees this and responds any information is greatly appreciated what is the difference between this and the Sony - FE 24-240mm because the Fe is a little more money but the mm amount that the sony e reaches is closer
Hi chris firstly great vid.. secondly hope you may be able help me out..
So i ve just got this lens and put it on my a5000 when i tryed to use the zoom bottom on the camera is tells me this funtion isnt avaliable in raw .. ?
So is basically a manual zoom lens .. i was under the presumption this lens would work with the zoom button ..
My understanding being new to photography could be wong tho .. could you clarify this for me ..
Is the zooming done the exclusively manual with the zoom rings or have i got an issue with my camera or lense .
When i put it in j peg in body zoom worked but the actual lems didnt physically move ..
Ware as my kit lens 16 too 55 moves when i use rhe zoom switch so am a little confused hear.
Hope someone can help me out hear ..many thanks for your informative vidoes by the way
Did chris change all of the thumbnails on his vid? Impressive
No all of them yes, but yes, I'm trying to re-brand the channel to look a bit more professional and a bit less rinky-dink hehe :-)
@@christopherfrost good for you 👍
Fantastic review, thank you.
Got this lens for under 500€ new - such a great lens ! :0
How's this compared to the FE 70-300mm on APS-C?
It is better in every aspect.
John W /the APSC 70-350mm is much superior then the Full Frame 70-300mm ( As per other specialist test, easy to find on internet.)
Great review as always. How is it compared to Canon's 55-250?
Wait, what did you say in the very first seconds?? chemown pelp???
Shwmae pawb! It's Welsh for "hello everyone". A bit different from the normal "croeso" or "borra da".
Whoever makes this lens an f2.8 while maintaining other factors will win the Nobel prize.
Just start bodybuilding.
No, definitely not, but get rich selling it at a bit more. Except if it sucks at 2.8n gets good at 5.6
Im wondering if you crop photos at around 180mm length how much you will need to crop in post for the photo to be usable on a full frame sony camera compared to 70mm? many thanks
This one or the Sigma 100-400mm for my APSC?
My today choice is sony
@@lomzynskie_opowiesci okay I've bought the Sony now, too. I am very glad I did. Holy mother is this lens good.
@@lomzynskie_opowiesci why is that? I want to add a tele lens to my a7iii and was thinking of sony 70-350 apsc or sigma 100 400
@@derTommy do you think this Sony 70-350 is better than sigma 100-400. I'm also wondering to buy and can't decide. Cheers
@@doer6002 The Sigma is much bigger and much more heavy. And you need a lot of light for the Sigma. The autofocus of the sigma is slower than the one of the Sony what is bad for shooting fast moving objects. I hope this helps.
Hi Chris, does tamron $499 sp 70-300 di VC usd is equal to or better than $900 Sony 70-350 in image quality and image stabilisation, which you reviewed some year's before.
The Sony should be much, much better
Christopher Frost Photography your time are precious thanks for the reply.
Very helpful review.
So glad I didn't buy this one the past holiday sales. Very helpful vid
Never heard of a A5100
Love this video, but Sony user Review always makes videos, where are the image examples? we can't check your video, give us the link, thank you
If I use the lenz 70-350 on crop [sonyZv 10) . Is it be native 70-350 or in equivalent ? 105- 525 ? How ?
That Rock looks like Godzilla! 😳
Hi Sir Plz Recommend me a good Full frame camera around 1000$ usd! Plz
I own this lens and it is brilliant sharp as a tack
thanks for nice review. looks like great lens. thanks sony for the lens. it is inexpensive way to do birds photography. I think am gonna start save money for it.
I'm tossing up between this and the sigma 100-400mm lens.
For wildlife photography.
which one did you buy? Im also just wondering which is the better lens. sigma or Sony
I would get this one. If you have aps-c. No brainer imo.
@@doer6002 I never saw this! I Cant even remember. I ended up switching brands. But kinda wish I stuck with Sony.
@@BrianHallmond i bought 70-350, light weight and amazing
I have this on my A7RIV, 26 mpix in crop mode :)
wow :) how does it work crop mode? Do you know if even on a7r2 and a7r3 the crop part cover the entire evf in that mode for a better view?
@@nerdMike Yes it does with my A7RIV so it must be the same on those cams. If you mount a apsc lens, then it automatically choose crop mode.
@@SuperDigitalMe but the crop cover the entire frame on r2 and t3? Iirc on A7 iii doesn't work and you don't see the cropped frame full-screen. Maybe I'm wrong. 👍🏻
I have a a6300 & a7iii and agonized for ages between this an the FE 200-600. Not just because of cost but the huge difference in weight and size; which makes a big difference for landscape photography. In the end I went the more expensive FE route. Only time will tell....... was rather hoping you would trash the lens lol
Well done Christopher nice. I like your reviews. You r the best for lens reviews. Can u plss review fujifilm 18-135mm lens?
One day, yes :-)
Anyone know if this would work any good on a A7 iii?
In this review I talk quite a bit about how it performs on a full-frame camera
Hi Chris, have you compared side by side image quality of the a5100 vs the a7r2 in crop? I had the r2 and now the r3, and oftenly i found that the lack of the AA filter on the a7r's lets the lens iq shine more (if its good enough...), im specially interested in buying this lens for both crop and fullframe bodies, any comment would be greatly appreciated, thank you
Wish there was a 32MP+ APSC sensor from Sony so that we could skip the 100-400mm lens for wildlife shooters.
Does anyone's 70-350mm zoom ring feel slightly bumpy? As if the rubber wasn't glued down all the way...
Looks like we can use this lens as 70-200 on full frame for video mode without major issue.
Is it any good for my a7 miii?
Sure, why not
This lens has me torn...I was getting ready to grab an 80-400 Nikkor, but I also shoot with my A6000 and saw this and now I can't decide which one I want. I got the A6000 mostly for a walk around camera, with my D7100 being my main and most of my glass is Nikon. I only have the 2 kit lenses that came with the A6000, and the 210mm is decent for limited birding, but I want that extra reach. Kind of trying to avoid going down the rabbit hole of lens collections for two brands, but this lens is tempting me to make the full switch to Sony.
purchase a6400 + this one = perfect budget birding combo
Thank you for the detailed review! Can I ask you how does the sharpness looks like in the centre on a fullframe body?
Great
@@christopherfrost thanks for your prompt response! Highly appreciated:)
Nice video!!!
at what focal length does it switch to a maximum aperture of f/6.3 ?
According to Camera Labs, at 200mm. I was surprised when at 4:27 @Christopher Frost Photography was able to shoot at f/5.6.
Would you guys recomendable this lens on a a7ii ?
It should be okay - quite sharp
How is your image quality on your Sony A7Rii Christ?
気になってるレンズだから凄い参考になったよ！
CHRISTOPHER, my question is:
Can I use the 70 - 350 in my camera Sony Alpha 6000?
Thanks, and have a good day.
Fernando.
Seville, Spain.
Yes you can (my 2nd camera). On travelling the A6000 gets the ony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS for very long telephoto . Works also well on A7RIV (my 1st camera).
@@gerhardwiesinger what's you IG man ? I want to see the results on A6000
Christopher...Howdy! Would you consider it more useful to look at sharpness at the rule of thirds point of intesection rather than the corners...we typically will either be in the middle or the intersection of the rule of thirds
I own an a7iii. I'm thinking that buying an apsc+70 350, it's less expensive than buying a 100-400 😩
But you need to keep in mind that because of the crop factor this lens wont be the same as the 100-400. APS-C is a nice platform but you're better of with your A7iii if I just take a look at the body and functions, I mean there is only IBIS in the A6500 and A6600 for example :'(.
@@Jylakir that's so true, but for occasional shooting the 100400 it's too much expensive 😭
@@lino100x100 Maybe you get one cheap as used. Otherwise maybe something to save money on the long run and make yourself a big present in the future :).
Hi, thank you for the review. I am considering this lens for a trip on a sony A7mkII. Interesting point for meeting : light, almost FF to 200mm, but longer zoom if I rely on crop mode. But with a 24MP sensor, what is the end resolution of cropped images? Do you think it is an OK lens? Can you give me some sample picture at 200 an 300 and 350mm both crop and FF?
on the non R FF series, you'll get 10Mp images, which is only usable at best.
Great review, thanks. How many mpx can you squeeze cropping the pic out of A7RII when you zoom to 350mm?
I know I’m late but it’s 18 megapixels
Hey, @Chris please suggest me a good zoom lens for my Canon 200D for bird shooting (should be in budget range). Thanks.
Been following you for a while, shwmae! Where in wales are you from
I live in Ceredigion
You can use this lens in full frame mode from 70 to about 180 if you just remove back plastic cover on the lens.
Hi Christopher, what is your favorite fruit?
I'll tell you that, if you tell me your favourite vegetable
@@christopherfrost Okay. Broccoli or zucchini.
@@EternalLife91 Well, I don't eat fruit. I only eat pizza. Gotcha!
Can't believe it's good at 350mm. At sunny day maybe?
I like how everyone is complaining about the slow aperture making this lens "useless" for professional work. Is the 100-400 GM also useless then?
If the lens is covering FF at 70mm, why does it vignette?
It is not really related. The size of the covering circle is related to the lens back elements, the vignette is from front elements vs aperture. Typically when the lens is optimized for FF then you have less vignette in APSC, but… this lens is designed for APSC ;).
Thank you dear 👍
Sony 👍👍
Thanks again.
Thought this was the lens for my a6400 but unfortunate not. My example had some strange behavior, which I am not alone to see from reading others opinion. Short distance was brilliant, sharp and contrast. But subjects further away than 50 meters turned up soft and really lacking in contrast, just some shady thing over the image just like the af wasnt really confident. Manual focus it often turned out better. I also found that over 300mm I had to stop down the lens to f11 to get ok results. Even comparing to my old Nikon 70-300 VR its results are poor. Probably ended up with a bad sample of the lens, so it went back to the store. Unfortunatly.
El unico q tiene problemas sos vos. No podes comparar este teleobjetivo con esa antigüedad d nikon
i'm here just for the intro..:)
Bought it and returned it. I was much happier with the image quality from my adapted Canon 70-200 f4 iii. I should have know from the begining that that was a superior lens.
I mean, most ppl will buy this for the reach. The fact it has great IQ just helps justify it
Schlong blong I’m using this on my A7RIV
Should have better packaging
"Slightly older camera body". Well it feels like you just got it a few months ago. But it's already two generations old. Welp.
I've thoughts about upgrading to the a7R IV - but a 42mp sensor seems like a nice medium :-)
@@christopherfrost indeed, where will it go from 70 MP though, they're already trying to squeeze 100MP in some phones now. Not that they have any quality glass to match that in such a tiny sensor anyway.
@@christopherfrost thanks for the * on the AF performance. I can rest easy now. Highly recommend a7rIV. It's my main camera for weddings and portraits and spare time shooting.
@@hiawrj I have genuinely thought of the a7r IV - but the test results will be too irrelevant to people using 24mp cameras
@@christopherfrost Yes, you are right.
Finally!!😅😍
I love your videos and I'm a regular, but I do have a question. Why do you bother to check lenses with corrections turned off. Most people won't even know how to turn them off, and what is the advantage to doing so. Nice review anyway.
@Foto4Max apparently there's no cost, as the lens was very good
@@johnjgilchrist There is always a cost. When you correct distortion the corners are getting stretched which results in a loss of sharpness. It is noticeable on a pixel level so that's why I never correct distortion when shooting something without straight lines (like most landscapes).
Most people totally know. Many people shoot raw. It's kinda nice to know also affects sharpness often.
+this lens does fine but many won't after correction and you just wonder what's the problem. Sometimes it also changes focal length a fair bit by crop through correction
I'm still waiting for telephoto kit lens for the average consumer.
I doubt that lens will be a kit lens.
Try the 55-210mm Sony. Decent images and VERY decent price, especially as a used lens. Try B&H or Adorama or EBay...but try one out first.
That'll be the Sony 55-210
I saw better sharpness or similar at the corners... Wow!
hmm..I think this lens is worth buying.