New Delhi, Aug 20: Sony India today announced the launch of the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS, the latest addition to its full-frame Alpha E-mount lens lineup. Designed especially for the wildlife photography enthusiasts, travelers and creators, the new lens combines an ultra-compact, lightweight design with advanced optics and fast autofocus, making super-telephoto shooting more accessible and enjoyable than ever before.
Offering a versatile 100-400mm focal range, the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS brings distant moments and expressions closer with stunning clarity. Weighing just 654 grams and measuring 165.5mm in length, it is one of the most portable and easy-to-manage lenses in its category, enabling professionals to carry effortlessly for wildlife and sports photography, travel, and everyday adventures. The lens also supports optional teleconverters, extending reach up to an impressive 800mm reach for situations that demand even greater proximity to the action delivering excellent image quality.
Outstanding Optical Performance in a Compact Form:
The FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS is built to deliver clear, sharp images across the entire zoom range. Its advanced optical construction includes two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements and two aspherical elements that deliver clear and sharp images, ensuring high resolution and contrast from the center to the edges of the frame.
With a 9-blade circular aperture, it helps create smooth, natural-looking bokeh that beautifully isolates subjects from the background, adding expressive depth to portraits, nature, and other telephoto scenes.
For close-up shooting, the lens offers a maximum magnification of 0.41x and a minimum focusing distance of just 0.86m, allowing users to capture fine details of small objects, and other subjects that benefit from tighter framing.
Offers Fast, Precise AF and Optical Stabilisation for Handheld Shooting:
The lens is equipped with dual linear motors that deliver fast, precise, and quiet autofocus performance, making it easy to track active subjects such as birds, wildlife creatures, and athletes in motion. With fast AF performance and built-in Optical image stabilization, its effectively reduces camera shake and helps deliver sharp, blur-free images when shooting handheld at long focal lengths.
Built with Practical Controls and Dependable Performance for Outdoor Shooting:
Designed with the outdoor photography in mind, the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS features practical on-lens controls, including a focus hold button, focus-mode/range switch, and zoom lock switch, enabling quick and intuitive operation. Its dust and moisture resistant design provides reliable performance when shooting in challenging outdoor conditions, giving users the confidence to take the lens wherever their adventures lead.
Sustainability-focused Design and Packaging:
As part of Sony’s Road to Zero initiative, the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS incorporates recycled materials across its built and design. Over 41% of the total plastic weight used in the lens is recycled, with more than 32% of the plastic in the lens barrel, over 89% in the lens hood, and over 88% in the lens caps being made from recycled materials. Additionally, Sony is transitioning towards non-plastic, recyclable packaging materials, with plant-based non-woven fabrics used for product bags.