Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM Review - Still the 70-200 King.

A full in depth review of the King of 70-200's, the Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS. A beast of a lens.

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0:00 Intro
1:47 Unbox & Build
4:41 Value
5:24 Performance
7:13 Image Stabilization
9:07 Teleconverter Performance
6:21 Sharpness & Optics
10:42 Pros & Cons / Wrap Up

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[AllCarsUnited]

Had the 2x teleconverter on mine for about 3 days. Returned it, it made the autofocus unusable . Have owned the lense for 3 years and it's a beaut for sure

[jordansnow]

Another cracking vid, would deffo pick this up if my budget could stretch that far 😅

[diegojuarez]

I finally bought this lens thanks to your review. It was between this and the Tamron 70-180. I owned the Tamron but it just didn’t feel right. This 70-200 is a beast of a lens and it’s my favorite lens especially for weddings. So sharp and just amazing.

[Dan.gibson.photographer]

My go to lens, I even use it for wildlife photography with the TC1.4, that’s my favourite lens😍😍😍

[sangotade]

I've rented this lens several times and I always have focus problems with it. When it's focused properly, it was perfect. Often however it would be off just a little tiny bit and make the image semi-unusable. I'm waiting for sigma drop their 70-200. For now I purchased the Tamron as it doesnt seem to have that problem. The build of the sony is clearly superior but the Tamron doesn't have the focus problem and does wonders for my injured wrist at longer events.

[Martin-nuym]

The 70-200 GM works quite well for IR - tested with the 850nm filter (lenses that pass with the 590nm can potentially fail with the 850nm). So far there have been two issues with my mine: 1) Very bad CA when used wide open in certain harsh high contrast situations, and 2) the OSS can be heard when shooting 20fps with the A9 in silent mode. I do love the way the lens renders the bokeh, manual override, and it is the only way to get close to 300 f/4 with a FE mount lens. :) Also, the tripod foot is interchangeable with the 100-400 - highly recommend the Kirk tripod foot.

[happylifmindfully]

The perfect analysis.
Technically!
Awesome job dear.
👌🏻💎

[FelixGPhotography]

(Introduces the lens)... "This lens does not need an introduction" LOL, just giving you a hard time. Great review! Keep up the good work!

[skyunlimitedvisualmedia]

Great in depth review. Thanks for the details and specs. I liked and subscribed. I’m upgrading to this lens from my 70-200 F4 👍

[deanvideos]

Great video. I “pulled the trigger “ and ordered a used one. Yeah I would love the 2nd gen… but with taxes that’s $3, 000!!! But I was able to order this version with a yr warranty on eBay right at (with taxes etc) $1, 077. But like you said I noticed the “gold” version the (grey) G… sells around $1, 000 to $1, 500 used… find this GM version… yeah I had to get it. Great video.

[katilynbell]

Just bought the lens. Excited to use it for sports photography

[orendo]

The 3 customizable buttons must all have the same function assigned to them. You can't assign each one to a different function. I thought of mentioning this as it wasn't clear from the (excellent) review. I wonder if you encountered any of the backfocusing which other reviewers mentioned in the past?

[estbh]

watching from India ... your videos are quite unique ...I wonder why you have so less subscribers??
keep it up .... you put much more effort than others ... I love your videos

[ReneGamper]

I always look at this lens, but sadly have almost no use for it 🙈🙈🙈
Great video btw!

[pearce]

Love this vid, thank you for your in depth review. I would love to buy this lens this year, but I am hesitating. It is already 5 years old. I bough the Zeiss Distagon 35mm 1.4 back in 2019 for full price and this year the Sony 35mm 1.4 came out which is not only better, but cheaper as well. I don't want this to happen again if I buy this old 70-200 lens and then they release something better and cheaper. What do you think Stefan ?

[ryanterk]

Is this capable of getting smooth zooms? / would you recommend for filmmaking?

[standhd]

Was that a the back Ford truck I saw in your first focusing session?

[gadgetphilosophy]

I do like how you demo the stabilisation. 👍🏻

[srb]

Love your work Stefan. Im a Sony shooter and I really appreciate and look forward to your in depth videos

[rt]

Constructive criticism: u don’t need the visual stars for one the design is kinda corny & if u already explain the rating no need to visually apply it.