Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The FE 400-800 F6.3-8 G OSS lens offers the greatest reach and will be particularly attractive to wildlife photographers. An 800mm reach, without the need to use Teleconverters, will be of great interest to many photographers, but some may be put off by the size, weight and F8 maximum aperture at 800mm. In this video review I address all of these concerns to help photographers make an appropriate choice when weighing up which Telephoto lens best suits their own needs.
Ultra High-Definition Gallery of Images: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC2FVZ
Purchase the FE 400-800 G OSS Lens: bhpho.to/4idL1Oz
1.4x Teleconverter: bhpho.to/3QEDM6p
2.0x Teleconverter: bhpho.to/43e45rL
Sony FE 300mm F2.8 GM: bhpho.to/49nQdf9
DxO PureRAW: tidd.ly/4182aDs
Wotancraft Backpack: youtu.be/u1g9dQ4TxcM
Topic Covered:
00:00 Introduction
02:07 Achieving More Reach
04:58 Living with a Big Zoom
06:29 Comparison with the FE 200-600
10:50 Lets Talk about F8
12:08 Sony's Competing Lenses
13:42 Lens Specifications
14:23 F8 Noise
18:02 Birds In Flight
19:06 Sharpness
25:05 Closing the Gap
25:47 Depth of Field
29:43 SteadyShot
30:50 Close Focusing
32:51 Focusing Speed
35:10 Lens Choice
38:16 My Choice
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The FE 400-800 F6.3-8 G OSS lens offers the greatest reach and will be particularly attractive to wildlife photographers. An 800mm reach, without the need to use Teleconverters, will be of great interest to many photographers, but some may be put off by the size, weight and F8 maximum aperture at 800mm. In this video review I address all of these concerns to help photographers make an appropriate choice when weighing up which Telephoto lens best suits their own needs.
Ultra High-Definition Gallery of Images: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC2FVZ
Purchase the FE 400-800 G OSS Lens: bhpho.to/4idL1Oz
1.4x Teleconverter: bhpho.to/3QEDM6p
2.0x Teleconverter: bhpho.to/43e45rL
Sony FE 300mm F2.8 GM: bhpho.to/49nQdf9
DxO PureRAW: tidd.ly/4182aDs
Wotancraft Backpack: youtu.be/u1g9dQ4TxcM
Topic Covered:
00:00 Introduction
02:07 Achieving More Reach
04:58 Living with a Big Zoom
06:29 Comparison with the FE 200-600
10:50 Lets Talk about F8
12:08 Sony's Competing Lenses
13:42 Lens Specifications
14:23 F8 Noise
18:02 Birds In Flight
19:06 Sharpness
25:05 Closing the Gap
25:47 Depth of Field
29:43 SteadyShot
30:50 Close Focusing
32:51 Focusing Speed
35:10 Lens Choice
38:16 My Choice
Mark Galer is a Sony Alpha Ambassador for Australia.
Join Mark Galer on Patreon for the best Alpha Support and Guidance. A single $10 Membership fee includes access to over twenty 1-hour member-only seminars, 'over 20 downloadable' eBooks + cameras setting (CAMSET) files (there is no contract or commitment beyond the first month). patreon.com/markgaler
Mark's supporting website: markgaler.com
If you find Mark's work for the Alpha community helpful please consider making a donation to support the creation of new learning resources for Alpha users. Go the Donations link: paypal.com/paypalme/alphacreativeskills
#SonyAustralia #SonyAlpha #SonyAmbassador #SonyAlphaANZ #sonydigitalimagingambassador sonydigitalimagingambassador
