Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Lens Review
All-rounder compact and lightweight lens good for portraits and scenery
Verdict
The Sony FE 28-70mm OSS is a lightweight and inexpensive lens offering in-body image stabilization.
Pros
Built-in Optical SteadyShot
compact and lightweight
Inexpensive
Cons
Focus breathing
6.9
A compact,affordable,light weight, general-purpose lens.
Combining impressive optical performance with lightweight, compact convenience, the SEL2870 makes an ideal everyday lens. Built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization within the lens ensures smooth, blur-free photos and videos when shooting handheld. Instead of a standard polygon-shaped lens aperture, this lens features a 7-blade circular aperture for more natural, rounded defocusing or ‘bokeh’. Aspherical lens elements minimize distortion while ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements provide superior contrast, resolution, and color fidelity. Dust and moisture resistant design.
Specifications
Built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilisation within the lens ensures smooth, blur-free photos and videos when shooting handheld. Instead of a standard polygon-shaped lens aperture, this lens features a 7-blade circular aperture for more natural, rounded defocusing or ‘bokeh’. A top pick for users looking for a lightweight all-around zoom, the FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens from Sony is a great go-to for full-frame E-mount shooters. The lens uses a variable f/3.5-5.6 maximum aperture range in order to achieve light weight and compact size and incorporates one extra-low dispersion element and three aspherical elements to minimize aberrations throughout the range. Also, it has a linear motor and internal focus that enable fast, reliable autofocusing. On top of this, the lens offers built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization to combat the effects of camera shake. Additionally, it is dust and moisture resistant and is equipped with a seven-blade circular diaphragm for smooth bokeh.
Build quality and Handling
Lightweight, compact 35 mm Full Frame standard zoom lens. It offers 28–70 mm zoom range and F3.5–5.6 aperture. The lens built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilisation offers better stabilisation and has dust and moisture resistant design. Aspherical lens technology maximizes portability without sacrificing imaging power. The lens combines three aspherical elements with one ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass element to deliver high-precision shots and breathtaking rendering without the bulky design usually associated with similar DSLR lenses. Lenses constructed with conventional optical glass struggle with chromatic aberration as the focal length increases. Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass technology was developed to counter these issues, delivering superior contrast and color quality across the entire focal length, even at large aperture settings.
Focus Performance
Aspherical lens elements minimise distortion while ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements provide superior contrast, resolution and colour fidelity. Optical SteadyShot keeps your image stable even when your hands aren’t. By compensating for the minor hand motions that can cause blurring and distortion, Optical SteadyShot ensures brilliant photographic results, even at high zooms. The 7-blade circular design keeps the aperture almost perfectly circular throughout the full range of F-stops. This makes it possible to achieve smoother, more natural defocusing in your images – including artistic blurring or ‘bokeh’ – and greater control over the depth of field.
Verdict
Sony 28–70 mm F3.5-F5.6 full-frame zoom lens for E-mount cameras. Built-in SteadyShot image stabilization and ED glass element Outstanding performance in an affordable full-frame zoom that is lightweight and compact. Three a spherical elements and one ED glass element contribute to beautiful rendering with minimum aberration. Built-in Optical Steady Shot image stabilization ensures clearer, sharper handheld shots.
