The lens is everything the professionals say it is. Sharp, fast, simply wonderful for wildlife and birds. The only improvement I wish it had was an ARCA foot for tripos/gimbal mounting.

Actually a correct statement as it is heavy, but can be handled without a tripod for wildlife quick shots. It is also a beast of a lens in that I have found it to be very sharp throughout the range and aperture settings. I have not had it long, but have taken quite a few shots of birds and squirrels in my backyard. They are sharp down to the small feathers or tiny hair on these animals. I have not found any noticeable distortion at the edges or chromatic issues with this lens. The zoom works smoothly, and the manual focus is of course electronic, but works perfect. I know if you have a newer camera like an a! or a9, you will be even more pleased than I am with my a7lll and a6500 cameras. I am looking forward to shooting the eclipse this April with this lens.... Read More  Hide

This lens is amazing , I love it Thank you Sony for creating such amazing products

I have been using this lens in a wide variety of uses now for 2.5 years and have always enjoyed using this lens for a variety of reasons - not to mention I have taken many great images on this lens. Like any lens you buy, there are going to be specific things you may use this lens for; I personally use it for surf related subjects as I need the reach that my 70-200 simply can get and still need the full quality of the image however, I have used this lens in a variety of ways including surf shots, portrait shots, moon imagery, birding/animal, and landscape/sea scape. I have also used this lens to capture some really nice slow shutter speed imagery as well. This lens is not only extremely lightweight for its size, it's tack sharp. If you are looking for a fairly reasonable budget, this lens will fit that for the amount of lens you are getting. You can shoot subjects as wide as 200mm and have the reach of up to 600mm (plus the option to add either the 1.4x or the 2x teleconverter to this lens. I commonly am using mode 2 or 3 on the lens pending which subject I am shooting and what is happening with the action. In my opinion, this is by far Sony's best "bang for you buck lens" if you are in need of a telephoto lens. I would say that for the pricepoint of this lens and the ability to shoot at F5.6 to F6.3 - it's pretty sweet lens to add to my collection.... Read More  Hide