Sony SAL70300G - G Series 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Super Telephoto Zoom Lens Essentials Kit

Compact Design, All-Around Versatility - This superb 70-300mm zoom lens is an excellent choice for a wide range medium to long-distance telephoto applications and its lightweight design lets you leave it on-camera or carry it easily as an accessory lens for special purposes (35mm equivalent: 105-450mm).

Superb Optical Performance - Sony's G-Series lenses are designed for maximum descriptive power, maintaining excellent peripheral light characteristics and minimizing contrast drop-off even at the edges of the frame.

Short Minimum Focusing Distance - With the ability to focus as closely as 4 feet (1.2m), this telephoto lens also lets you move in for dramatic shots of people, natural subjects and close-up details.

In-Camera Image Stabilization - A major reason for its compact, lightweight design is the benefit of Super SteadyShot in-camera image stabilization, built into every Sony & 945 system DSLR and enabling accessory lenses to eliminate the extra weight and expense of in-lens stabilization mechanisms.

SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) - Designed for fast, smooth, silent automatic focusing, this unique technology achieves high torque at low speed with rapid start/stop response. It operates through the ability of a piezoelectric device to reshape itself quickly when voltage is applied.

Focus Hold Button - For creative control and image preview, a focus hold button conveniently located on the lens barrel lets you firmly lock in focus and a focus range limiter can be set to speed auto-focus response.

Smooth Manual Focusing - An easy-grip focus ring on the lens barrel gives you a solid "hands-on" feel in manual focusing.

Multi-Element Design with Internal Focusing - The SAL-70300G is designed with 16 lens elements in 11 groups, with internal focusing so the balance of your camera never changes.

ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass - Because light of different wavelength (or color) bends at different angles when it passes through a lens, ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass is used to eliminate chromatic aberration by correcting certain wavelengths of light for sharp, clear images with well defined colors.

Circular Aperture - Because the aperture blades form a near circle at the wide openings used for low-light shots, spot-light sources have a pleasing circular defocused effect.

Product Specifications:

Optics/Lens

• Lens Type: Telephoto & Telephoto Zoom
• Aperture (Max.): f/4.5
• Aperture (Min.): f/32
• Filter Diameter: 62 mm
• Lens Groups-Elements: 16 elements, 11 groups
• Minimum Focus Distance: 4' (1.2m)
• Aspheric Elements: no aspheric
• Distance Encoder: Yes
• Distance Scale: Yes
• Non-rotating Focusing Ring: Yes
• SSM Focusing: Built-in
• Focal Length (35mm equivalent): APS: 105-450
• Focus-hold Button: Yes
• Magnification: x 0.25

Weights and Measurements

• Dimensions (Approx.): 3 1/4 x 5 3/8" (82.5 x 135.5mm)
• Weight (Approx.): 1lbs 12oz (800g)

Convenience

• Removable Flash Media Compatibility: