Alpha-Mount

The Sony 70-400 F/4-5.6 G SSM lens is not one for the fainthearted. After overcoming the price ($1,599 in the US, $1,415 equivalent in Hong Kong, and $2,195 equivalent in Germany), one must be able to muscle carrying the 1.7 kg (61 oz) lens around on assignment. However, those who overcome these two main obstacles will be well rewarded with wonderful photos from money and effort well spent in investing on this lens. On a 70-400 (105-600 if you are on an APS-C sensor) range, this lens gives the longest zoom among the Sony lenses. However, this is not at the expense of sharpness and CA which the rebranded 75-300 F4.5-5.6 of Sony suffers a lot