Sony introduces 600mm f/4 and 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 lens for 14000 and 2100 euros
Sony has announced two new lenses for its system cameras. It is a lens with a fixed focal length of 600 mm and an aperture of f/4.0. In addition, there will be a 200-600mm lens. The lenses cost 14,000 and 2,100 euros respectively.
According to Sony, the 600 mm f/4.0 prime is the lightest lens in its class at 3040 grams. This lightness would be due in part to an optical design of three fluorite elements, fewer elements at the front, and a carbon fiber hood. The t lens is sealed against rain and dust, and consists of a 24 element design in 18 groups.
Sony also comes with a cheaper lens for the E-mount to get 600mm. With a variable aperture from f/5.6 to 6.3, the 200-600 mm super-telephoto zoom is less bright than the 600 mm prime, but is about a kilo lighter; the weight of the super-telephoto zoom is 2.1 kg without the tripod mount. The lens zooms internally and therefore no longer grows when you zoom in. This zoom is also resistant to less favorable weather conditions, although that sealing is at a somewhat lower level than with the 600 mm f/4.0. The new zoom features a 24 element design in 17 groups, including five Extra-low Dispersion elements and an aspherical element.
The prime is 449mm long, while the telephoto zoom has a length of 318mm. Both lenses can handle the 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters and have eleven aperture blades. The 600mm lens will be available in Europe from August at a price of ‘approximately €14,000’; the 200-600mm lens will hit the market in the Benelux from August for a price of ‘approximately 2100 euros’.
With these two lenses, which are intended for the A7 and A9 system cameras but which can also be used for the A6000 line of aps-c cameras, Sony is responding to photographers who need a considerable range to capture, for example nature, birds, sports activities. Until now, there was only the Sony 100-400 mm in that area, or a converter had to be used to be able to screw the telephoto zoom lenses for full-frame cameras from Nikon and Canon to the Sony A7 cameras, for example.