Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS Advanced Super Telephoto Lens - SEL100400MC

Sony SEL100400MC FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS Advanced Super Telephoto Lens

Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS Super Telephoto Lens

Capture the world from afar with the Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS Advanced Super Telephoto Lens. Perfect for wildlife enthusiasts, sports photographers, or photojournalists, this G-Master series lens delivers remarkable quality and versatility. Its 100-400mm focal range—extendable with optional teleconverters—allows you to stay close to the action, no matter how distant your subject. With a constant F4.5 aperture, enjoy bright, stunning imagery across the entire zoom range, ideal for both photos and professional-quality movies.

Ultimate Resolution and Bokeh
Every shot is a masterpiece with the advanced optical construction found in the FE 100-400mm. Featuring XA (extreme aspherical), Super ED, and ED glass elements, this lens reduces chromatic and spherical aberrations, ensuring edge-to-edge clarity and faithful color reproduction. Enjoy smooth, creamy bokeh that makes your subjects stand out, thanks to Sony’s G Master lens technologies, while maintaining outstanding sharpness even in challenging lighting.

Fast, Precise Autofocus for Action
Stay ahead of the action with Sony’s cutting-edge AF technology. Four XD Linear Motors and advanced algorithms deliver up to 3x faster autofocus and superior tracking—ideal when capturing birds in flight or athletes in motion. Reduced focus breathing and minimized shifts ensure cinematic results for videos, while professional controls like zoom smoothness and function rings put advanced handling at your fingertips.

Built for the Most Demanding Environments
With a robust magnesium alloy construction and dust- and moisture-resistant design, this lens is engineered for reliability in the field. The fluorine-coated front element protects against fingerprints, dust, and rain, ensuring easy maintenance. All this in a surprisingly lightweight package supports extended, fatigue-free shooting sessions—making the Sony FE 100-400mm a must-have tool for every serious photographer.

Features

• Superb optics and AF in a superlative super-tele zoom
  This exemplary 100-400 mm super-telephoto zoom lens is ideal for wildlife, birds, sports, photojournalism and more. Maximum aperture is a constant F4.5 and AF performance is fast and precise, easily maximizing the potential of Sony’s most advanced E-mount camera bodies. A lightweight inner-zoom design results in stress-free handling, while comprehensive control meets professional needs.
• Outstanding G-Master^TM resolution and bokeh from 100 to 400 mm
  This fine lens delivers superb quality over a 100-400 mm range, extendable to 800 mm with an optional teleconverter.¹ An ED XA (Extra-low Dispersion extreme aspherical) element plus XA, Super ED, and ED elements optimize chromatic and spherical aberration for high resolution throughout the zoom range. Maximum aperture is a constant F4.5 while zooming. The ED XA and XA elements contribute to exquisite G Master bokeh.
• Fast, precise AF effortlessly tracks active subjects
  Advanced algorithms and four of Sony's XD (extreme dynamic) Linear Motors drive the floating focus groups for up to 3x faster AF.² Tracking performance has been improved by up to 50%.² With the α9 Ill body, reliable AF tracking is achieved at bursts of up to 120 fps.³ Focus breathing and zoom related focus and axial shifts are minimized for smooth, professional looking movie imagery.
• Lightweight tor fatigue-free shooting
  Magnesium alloy parts and painstaking design have resulted in an overall weight of just 1,840g. That is remarkably light for a super-telephoto zoom, allowing users to shoot long sessions with minimum fatigue. Inner zoom minimizes center-of-gravity shift when zooming, further enhancing handling and maneuverability. Even the zoom torque has been optimized to ensure smooth operation.
• Advanced optical stabilization and professional control
  Optical stabilization works with α in-body stabilization to achieve outstanding results. A function ring can be assigned to control Preset Focus⁴ for quick registration and recall of a specific focus point, APS-C/Full Frame switching that allows quick shifts to the equivalent of 1.5x zoom, or Power Focus.⁵ A zoom smoothness switch and security slot are also provided.
• Rugged reliability in challenging conditions
  In addition to a dust and moisture resistant overall design,⁶ the outer surface of the front element features a fluorine coating that prevents adhesion of fingerprints, dust, water, oil, and other contaminants. The coating also makes it easy to wipe the lens surface clean.
• Lens Configuration
  G Master series lenses take imaging and expression to previously unattainable levels with a stunning blend of extremely high resolution and softly dissolving background bokeh.
• MTF Chart
  MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) describes how well a lens can reproduce fine details, measured as the degree of contrast achieved between finely spaced lines.
  

• ¹SEL20TC and SEL14TC teleconverters supported.
• ²Compared to the FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) mounted on an α9 III body (sold sep.).
• ³Sony tests. Continuous burst speed may be lower in some shooting conditions. Continuous burst speed may vary depending on the lens used in AF-C focus mode.
• ⁴Functions that can be assigned to the Function Ring will depend on the camera used. Refer to the corresponding camera Help Guide for details.
• ⁵body compatibility information: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00199251
• ⁶Not guaranteed to be 100% dust and moisture proof.