The Sony 24-70mm F2.8 G Master was one of the earliest G Master lenses that I reviewed (in summer of 2018), as I was fairly new to the Sony space.  While I found a lot of positives with the lens, I also thought it too large and somewhat overhyped by the marketing materials.  Sony must have thought it too large as well, as they have now released the MK II version of the lens – the Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM II – and one of the first things they are emphasizing is the reduced size.  According to Sony, the new 24-70mm GM II is 191g lighter, 16mm shorter, and the overall volume has the lens has been reduced by 18%.  This is just the beginning of the improvements, though, as the this Mark II lens has improved features, autofocus, and image quality performance.  The G Master series is supposed to be the best, and Sony has worked to accomplish that here.

The 24-70mm focal range is one of the most highly sought after full frame zoom combinations, as it allows you to go from wide angle at 24mm…

to short telephoto at 70mm:

When you combine this with a constant maximum aperture of F2.8, you can see why so many portrait, wedding, cinematographers, and photojournalists value this combination of focal range and maximum aperture.  But is the Sony 24-70mm GM II the standard zoom to buy?  You can either read my text review, watch my definitive review, or just enjoy the photos below.

 

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Thanks to Gentec (Sony’s Canadian Distributor) for sending me a loaner of the 24-70mm GM II and 70-200mm GM II. As always, this is a completely independent review.  *The tests and most of the photos that I share as a part of my review cycle have been done with the Sony a7IV along with the Sony Alpha 1 which will serve as my benchmark camera for the foreseeable future (my review here).

Images of the Sony 24-70mm GM II 

Images taken with the Sony 24-70mm GM II

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