Sony FE 200-600 mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS review - Summary

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Sony FE 200-600 mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

22 April 2025

Maciej Latałło

11. Summary

Pros:

solid, closed, and weather-sealed mechanical construction,
very good image quality in the frame centre,
sensible image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
moderate lateral chromatic aberration,
lack of problems with spherical aberration,
very low astigmatism,
proper correction of coma,
low vignetting on the APS-C sensor,
slight focus breathing,
nice out-of-focus areas,
silent and accurate autofocus,
efficient image stabilization,
good price/performance and price/parameters ratios.

Cons:

too weak image quality on the edge of full frame,
a lot of problems with the performance against bright light,
a bit too high vignetting on full frame,
a bit too much slack in zoom ring.

Our test confirmed everything we've heard about the Sony FE 200-600 mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS. It is indeed a very well-put-together lens and its price/performance ratio is really favourable. It is true even if you take into account the regular price, exceeding 8000 PLN but you have to mention the fact that there are many users that have managed to buy this instrument for a sum of about $1800 or even lower due to different cash-backs and special offers, doing a very good business indeed.

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I have to admit that I am among them - I have been the happy owner of this lens for more than two years. I use it mainly for bird photography and performs excellently. Of course I must add that I am a complete amateur when it comes to bird photography – I never build any kind of cache, I don't camouflage myself, I don't wait for ages for the right moment. In my case it's more walking and shooting – that's why I really cared about a lens with a focal range reaching 600 mm that would weigh around 2.5 kg with the camera body so I could take it for longer walks. I used to carry along the Sigma S 60-600 mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM joined with the Nikon D500; this set weighed almost 3.5 kg and it proved to be a bit too heavy for me. After the change I felt the difference and my ageing neck thanked me for it.