Product Reviews

I bought about 3 weeks ago and used it to shoot birds in flight. The performance is vey good

Using it for a month now. Enjoying the sharp image quality. Because of its light weight, excellent for handheld bird photography especially for action shots or fast moving subjects.

I use this lens mainly with the 2X converter. It's light and great to use in the field, and whether used on it's own, or with either the 1.4X or the 2X converter the results are brilliant.

This thing is a beast and I use it for sports, Soccer, Football, LaCrosse and from the outfield for softball. You need to be in a place, when action comes st you, many times it gets too close but when you are properly distant, it's a wicked lens. I use it for individual portraits as well, but you need to be back of course.

This is the best lens i have bought to date,so user friendly.light weight and a fantastic piece of engineering,It does work excellently well with both teleconverters especially the x2,i'm using it hand held with this converter for birds in flight and i'm getting instant lock on and tracking,The lens is so fast it's unreal,and the picture quality is sharp corner to corner,,at 2.8 the images are very sharp with excellent seperation and a lovely bokeh,,,well done Sony this will take some beating.

It’s as good as everyone says! So compact and light and when used with either the 1.4x of 2.0x extenders the results are remarkable!

Bought this for my nature and wildlife photography.Absolute superb images from a world class lens.When paired with the 2x teleconverter gives that extra reach without loss of quality.Weight and balance also invaluable for use in the field without the need for a monopod.One word Stunning!

I bought this new about a month ago and all I can say is wow!! Sharp, sharp….SHARP! There is absolutely no drop off when using either the 1.4 or 2.0 teleconverters. Glad I have this in my arsenal now.

Collected the lens oin Jan 2024. Do face with focus problem n need to shut down the camera n turn on again to enable focus. Do face this intermittently. Love the light weight. Wishing there is same light weight for 200_600mm

Surprising sharp and fast in focusing with 600mm at F5.6.

I bought this len a month ago and so happy. It is very light easy to carry round but it would be better if can build in 1.4 TC and improve the len foot.

Collected my lens in early Mar 2024 and it has been a wonderful experience. The 400MM f2.8 is still superb but this 300mm with TC 1.4 is outstanding ( in weight and clarity ). It is so portable and taking it on the airplane is effortless.

I always use my Nikon Afs 328 to take portrait and sports. But I need to put it on the monopod due to the heavy weight. Now I can handheld the Sony 328 with minimum effort. This light weight is unbelievable in before. Hope that Sony can introduce more fantastic lens that are same technology breakthrough.

The lens is everything one would want on a lens. Light weight, Small, sharp like no other lens. Focus is amazing and i have it paired with an A1.

I purchased this lens about two month ago and the quality of my images to another level. It is pin-sharp has a beautiful bokehworks perfectly with my 1.4 extender , other benefits it is very light and if used with extender it give me a reach of 580mm and if I shoot in cro mode without extender I get 420mm . The best investment I made you have 3 lenses in one over the moon. One point of disappointment is the lens comes without a protective ca hood could be smaller and the case is not practical at all. Ordered a smaller hood and cap from a manufacturer in the USA . Now it is perfect and fits in a smaller bag.Lastly I really can recommend this lens to anyone iusef ig for all types of photography AAA

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This lens is as light as a feather. Using it all day handheld is a dream and the use with which I can assign a button to ASP-C and get that extra reach, it just makes the experience all the more complete.

I’ve had the lens for about three weeks,and super happy,I photograph birds,with the 1.4 and 2 x it’s very flexible,with my 600 f4 I’ve a perfect combination.

I purchased the Sony 300mm F2.8 from B&H about a month ago. This is a super tack sharp lens, practically instant focus speeds and the Bokeh is amazing. The photo's that come from this lens is better than all the other Sony lens I use including the Sony 135mm, Sony 50mm F1.2, Sony 24mm, 35mm, 100-400mm etc. It is a dream to own one of these and I am so glad I purchased it.

Super fast focus. Incredibly light weight. Sharpest 300mm f2.8 I have ever owned. The lens cover bulky and is a challenge to work with. I ultimately had to seek out a 3rd part lens cap. Still no Arca Swiss type grooves on these Sony tripod feet. The only attachment point for a strap is on the tripod foot. The foot is removable, but I can’t see any situation you would take it off, due to it being the only attachment point for a strap. If Sony comes up with a better lens cover and adds the Arca groves to the foot, it gets 5 stars.

I have owned this lens for about a month, and I use it primarily for bird photography with and without converters, it is very light and easily hand holdable and it produces superb images coupled with the A1.

This lens had all the attributes that the Sony web page said it has. To me the Bokeh and the reduced weight and size were the best.

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Super quick, super lightweight and super sharp, the perfect combination making for an outstanding lens. Unfortunately it's super expensive too but this kind of quality doesn't come cheap and rightly so.

This is my first high end prime lens and I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is much lighter and smaller than the 400mm I had tried at a demo day. I did a whole 90 Minute football match hand holding and had no issues with the weight at all. The image quality is excellent- very sharp when paired with a Sony a1 despite the less than ideal weather conditions on my first trip out. Has a function ring which can be assigned to the crop option which I found very handy. Usual GM lens buttons and options otherwise. I hadn’t realised that large primes don’t come with a lens cap, but a lens hood- I think given this lens is so small a lens cap might have actually been a good idea. I can’t fault the lens and look forward to creating many happy memories with it.