Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Reviews
My default "go to" lense
By BrewBots
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-07-02
Love the 24 to 240 range, its the lense I use most all the time.
Makes taking pictures in any situation, (close up or far away) easy with out needing to swap lenses or carry and extra body and lense.
Good And Bad
By Robert
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2023-03-10
I purchased this lens with very high hopes as I wanted a travel lens with a good focal range. I primarily do travel and landscape photography and don't like changing lenses a lot. I had seen in several videos that the newer lenses for today's mirrorless cameras are crazy sharp.
I'll start with the positives:
- Very well constructed, heavy lens
- Great wide angle focal range
- Very fast zoom
Negatives:
- Images look good at 25% on screen in Photoshop and Lightroom but when zoomed in to 100% very soft focus and not much detail.
I sent this lens back and opted for a 70-200 f/2.8 lens for my general use lens. There is a drawback to this lens which is it is a fairly heavy lens at just over 3 pounds. I'll take the extra weight to get the tack sharp images I want. I really wanted this to be a great all-around lens but in the end, like the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
Sony's marketing department for sure knows where to draw the dividing line and it clearly shows in image quality. If you're doing any kind of professional work and want tack sharp images you have to pony up the extra cash and get the G line of lenses with f/2.8 or better.
I'll have to see how this works out and whether I'll need to get the 16-35mm f/2.8 G series lens to cover the focal lengths below 70mm but that's yet to be determined. Have to save up the over $2 grand for that one for a while.
Great job
By Rdm2
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-13
Good coverage not to heavy good overall lens good for landscape
muy bueno, prctico y versatil!
By Diego
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2022-08-08
buena relacin precio calidad, lente muy verstil para hacer registros en video.
Well, sometimes good, sometimes not so good
By V.C.
Rated 3 out of 5
Date: 2022-05-05
I'm using this lens on the Sony ILCE-7M4 (aka 7IV) body, and it's a real mixed bag. I'm comparing its performance to my beloved Tamron 16-300 for conventional DSLR, what a great, dependable workhorse that lens is, but not for Sony full-frame.
The Sony 24-240 lens on that body was terrific at a powwow, inside a field house in spite of multiple different types of harsh lighting, lots of shadows, motion, etc.
I had also hoped to use it as a landscape lens. I have no idea what to do about the obvious vignetting. Scenic taken at 1/640, f16, 240 mm extension (all the way out), not edited except to down-size.
Any ideas for a different lens for Sony full-frame that has such a versatile zoom range?
Does very well for its intended use
By Marlon
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2022-02-12
If you can't get sharp images with this lens, you are doing something wrong. In terms of optical quality, it's not in the same league as a 70-200mm f2.8 EF USM IS II Canon lens, but what you get at this price is amazing. This lens is capable enough to shoot weddings and portraiture. For a quick grab-and-go setup, you cannot go wrong here.
Long Term Report
By Carlton
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2023-06-09
I reviewed this lens when I first received it a couple of years back, giving it 4 stars. After a few years of use I have to say I'm very disappointed with it, in fact, I've pretty much quit using it altogether in favor of the kit 28-70 which is far superior for both focus and sharpness. Focus, the main thing I need out of a lens, is very poor across the range and almost nonexistent with a polarizer. And, I've learned after correcting too many images, that, when zoomed in with Photoshop, it's sharpness is spotty across the range. I've changed my mind about my initial 4 star rating. I'm going to get rid of it.
Ditto
By Michele
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2023-04-16
My wife has one and I knew what I was getting. Features and range make it a great travel lens when only one set up is possible. It is heavy but it was still manageable for my wife to take 8000 shots in two weeks with injuries to both shoulders. She took sharper shots that could be cropped than the RX-10 iv at 450-500 mm I was using.
