First Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS Lens Review: “A superb lens, much better than the Sony Zeiss FE 24-70mm F4”

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The new Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS Lens was announced along with Sony a7R III mirrorless camera. The Sony a7R III is amazing and what about the Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS lens?

Marc Alhadeff at Sony Alpha Blog published his full in-depth review of the new Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS lens (tested on Sony a7R II), saying that it is “a superb lens , much better than the Sony FE 24-70mm F4 Zeiss OSS, way above the Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-F6.3“.

Conclusion from Sony Alpha Blog:

The Sony 24-105 F4 was longly awaited by Sony users as a key trans-standard zoom

Sony has delivered a superb lens , much better than the Sony FE 24-70mm F4 Zeiss OSS, way above the Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-F6.3

  • The lens is always excellent in the center and corners are just 1 grade below but can always reach the very good grade
  • Bokeh is very nice, with beautiful blurry background
  • Very good resistance to flare, no CA
  • Very nice results in video with nice blurry background
  • Construction is very good and lens is equipped with all relevant knobs : button than can be assigned to eye AF, AF/MF switch, Optical stabilisation
  • The tradeoff made to sacrifice distorsion (quite important) for sharpness is a good one to my opinion as those will be automatically corrected by a lightroom lens profile very soon

With its correct price tag of 1350 euros, I expect this lens to become the standard high quality zoom lens for A7RIII/A9 if you don’t want to invest in the Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

Highly recommended !

Sony a7R III: $3,198 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama.

Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS Lens: $1,298 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama.

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