I just finished up reviewing the Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (my review here).  I looked at both of these new MK II GM lenses together because A) these two types of lenses will often be paired together by professional photographers (portrait or wedding photographers) and B)  there are a lot of shared design philosophies in these two MK II zooms.  And, like the 24-70mm F2.8 GM II, the new Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II is the finest lens of its kind that I’ve used, with some clear advantages over competitors.  One of the most obvious of those is the size and weight of the two zooms.  According to Sony, the new 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II is approximately 29% lighter than the previous model, and you can really feel it when using the lens.  The lens feels smaller, though it really isn’t much smaller. 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.

I love the 70-200mm zoom range, as it allows you to go from this at 70mm:

to this framing at 200mm:

When you combine this with a constant maximum aperture of F2.8, you can see why so many portrait, event photographers, and photojournalists value this combination of focal range and maximum aperture.  This is an outstanding lens (as we will see), but price tag of $2800 USD may prove a prohibitively high bar for many photographers…particularly those who don’t earn a living from their photography.  Is the new 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II worth saving up for?   You can either read my text review or watch my video review to find out!

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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).

Photos the Sony 70-200 GM II 

Photos taken with the Sony 70-200mm GM OSS II

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