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Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

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A zoom lens by Sony for Full frame cameras, 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3. The usual bird lens on Sony: long, internally zooming, and fair value.

MakerSony
Focal length200-600mm (zoom)
Maximum aperturef/5.6-6.3 (it gets darker as you zoom in)
Made forFull frame sensors
MountsSony E
Stabilisedyes
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

1424355085135200400800200-600mm equiv.200-600mm
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Full frame 200mm · 10°APS-C 300mm · 7°
How wide 200mm sees at its wide end on each sensor it covers.
f/5.6
f/5.6 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On full frame (Sony E): as marked, 200-600mm.
  • On APS-C (Sony E): like 300-900mm on full frame; f/5.6-6.3 gives about the depth of field of f/8.4-9.4 there.

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See what it frames: its view on the Sony a7R VI at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.