The lens of your WILDLIFE dreams - Sony FE 200-600 G OSS Long-Term Review

Stop smoking...

can you make a video on how wildlife photographers earn.

🫣😂😂😂😱🙄at 200mm a Wolf 😢

Very nice ❤

It's a great lens but, for me, it had a major shortcoming. At 600mm the minimum focus distance is around 17 yards. For small birds, such as warblers, that is terrible. I sold mine and got the Sigma 150-600mm instead. Now I'm getting the shots I want.

Crazy lens ! Crazy video! Crazy shots !

still much cheaper than canon 1200mm

Which Arca Swiss foot did you get for this lens?

I love the lens but the stabilisation is really c tier

Oh man. Shooting at wolf at 200mm instead of 600? Ouch! But... at least you had an SD card in the slot! Live and learn. Cheers from Toronto.

I have had this for a while now, and bought the a7iv to dedicate to it as I live on the road in Australia and need to be able to have it immediately to hand rather than change lenses back and forth on my a7iii, which is now used for all the shorter lenes including the old A mounts with adapters. I have just bought the 1/4 teleconverter used but in pristine condition from anothe4 Sony and A7iv user, about25% off best retail.

OWN IT ONLY 1 MONTH, AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

U have a way with words...I almost thought I am gonna be 10 from 5 😂😂😂

I bought this lens because of this video you made and I can tell you that I am very, very happy with it. It has served me well for photos of wild animals as a macro and even for portraits at a distance... it is the best.

I come from the drone photography world, but when I got my first camera I was fortunate and able to get an A7IV with a 200-600 and two other lenses. Maybe it is my experience with drone photography and photo editing, but I saw instant results with this lens. Something about the beautiful compression made people assume I had been shooting wildlife for years even though I had only had the lens for a few months. Also, because of the reach this lens has I unlocked frames in landscape photography that I always dreamed of but could never get since I would have to crop in so much and ruin the shot. If you can afford this lens and know where and when you will actually use it, get it. Yes. It is heavy and quite big compared to any other lens you likely own. But it is also not like any other lens with the reach it has and that's why you need it.

**If you are willing to spend this much money on a lens, do yourself a favor and spend as much time, or more, working on your photo editing skills. I remember when I used to take a drone shot in JPEG, crop it, and call it a day. That is what you have a phone camera for. Learn the whole craft.

It’s only 1100 euro in HongKong and it’s tax free here.

good

show us the same pictures without photoshop

Hallå såg att du var svensk undrar bara vad du har för kamera?

Good review.

Really enjoyed this review. Love your style. Just subscribed

Hands down, one of the best purchases of all my life..

What camera bodies would people recommend to use this for wildlife, particularly birds? The bird eye af on the a7iv sounds really nice. Is it worth getting the a7iv just for that, or is it not THAT big big deal in practice?

For substantially less, I could get an a6600 or even a6400 that would give much better pixel density for detail at range since with the a7iv's 33MP FF I'd only have 15MP with equivalent crop to the a6600's 24MP APS-C. And just $200 more would get the a7riv with 26MP at equiv. crop and of course 61MP to play with at closer ranges, but neither has bird eye af (though both have "animal" af).

The a7rv of course has both perks, but is well over budget.


I'm curious what more experienced people might have to say!

This is maybe a silly question but can i use it with a canon camera? 😅

Well, thanks, based on that 10s footage on the start I was sure I had to buy the lens. Thanks mate!

Can this lense be used with the Sony a6000?

Hello, what is your tripod for 200-600 lens?? I just got the lens and i love it but I need a tripod. Thank you and love the review. ❤

Wondering since you've used this for a while, if you've found a need for an ND filter when taking video?

Is it seventeen hundrets euros?

It is crazy how I just realized that very few reviews are done in the field with as much B-roll from in the area. Everyone wants to stay at their desks for reviews today. Such a great discussion! Love this lens, but the new Sigma may get my money.

Hey! At what shutter speed, do you turn off your OSS?

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Essa lente deve custar 8 mil dólares. 😅

you look like MR BEAST hahaha please give me LOW SPECS camera i will be the happiest viewer if ever you grant it MORE POWER!!

1700… and here I am, having had to spend 3k on the RF 100-500 🥹 super sharp… super fast… portable… but man I wish Canon would offer a similar lens with the 600mm reach with a 6.3 aperture and an internal zoom for even better weather sealing

io lo uso quasi sempre in modalità 2. Sia per ungulati, volpi ecc che per uccelli. Mi confermate che er avifauna sia meglio modalità 1?

I was searching for your comparison video with Sigma 150-600 but I guess you didn't do a video about that

In memory of Sony FE 84mm f1,8😢

Can this lens take a tele-converter?

Hi nice video, thanks. I have also the 200-600 mm and compared to the 100-400 mm I find that that my 200-600 is not so sharp and CA can be a real issue for me.

If Nikon doesnt release the 200-600 Z until summer this year, Ill switch and sell my z6 ii.
The 200-500 is too slow, same with the blackout on the z6 ii. Sad, since the Z lenses are incredible good.

I wish sony would release a 400 f4.5 likeish like the Nikon.

Good Video (as always)

Jahopp, tack då.. Blir att punga ut med ännu mera pengar på denna "billiga" hobby nu :-) Tack för bra info

Dream lens 🙌

I am interested in Sony FE 500-1000 lenses in such photography.

That true..... cameras are so expensive nowadays that a man who loves photography can even afford it....... sometimes i cry deep that I can't afford the one even the budgets one also.......

I prefer the new Sigma 60-600mm over this lens for its versatility. Also the Tamron 150-500 in crop mode for the extra range is much lighter and lower price is a great value.

Only 2.4K???? BARGAIN!!!