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Sony FE 400mm f/4.5 GM OSS

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Sony for Full frame cameras, 400mm f/4.5. A 400mm prime of about a kilogram, light enough to hand-hold.

MakerSony
Focal length400mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/4.5
Made forFull frame sensors
MountsSony E
Stabilisedyes
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

1424355085135200400800400mm equiv.400mm
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Full frame 400mm · 5°APS-C 600mm · 3°
How wide 400mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/4.5
f/4.5 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On full frame (Sony E): as marked, 400mm.
  • On APS-C (Sony E): like 600mm on full frame; f/4.5 gives about the depth of field of f/6.8 there.

Cameras it fits

Questions people ask

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