Maker | Sony |
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Lens mount(s) | Sony E-mount |
Technical data | |
Type | Zoom |
Focus drive | Piezoelectric |
Focal length | 24-70mm |
Image format | 35mm full-frame |
Aperture (max/min) | f/2.8 -22.0 |
Close focus distance | 0.38 metres (1.2 ft) |
Max. magnification | 1:4 (0.24x) |
Diaphragm blades | 9 |
Construction | 18 elements in 13 groups |
Features | |
Manual focus override | Yes |
Weather-sealing | Yes |
Lens-based stabilization | No |
Aperture ring | No |
Unique features | GM-series lens |
Application | Multipurpose |
Physical | |
Max. length | 136 millimetres (5.4 in) |
Diameter | 87.6 millimetres (3.45 in) |
Weight | 886 grams (1.953 lb) |
Filter diameter | 82mm |
Accessories | |
Lens hood | Petal-shape |
History | |
Introduction | 2016 |
Retail info | |
MSRP | $2199 USD |
The Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM is a premium constant maximum aperture full-frame (FE) zoom lens for the Sony E-mount, announced by Sony on February 3, 2016. [1] [2]
Though designed for Sony's full frame E-mount cameras, the lens can be used on Sony's APS-C E-mount camera bodies, with an equivalent full-frame field-of-view of 36-105mm.
In 2022, an updated version of this lens called the Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II was released. It is the smallest and lightest full-frame 24-70mm F2.8 lens on the market at 120 millimeters in length and 695 grams.
The lens showcases a matte-black weather resistant plastic exterior with a rubber focus and zoom ring. There is also a zoom lock to prevent zoom creep and an Autofocus-Manual focus switch. The barrel of the lens telescopes outward from the main lens body as it's zoomed in from 24mm to 70mm.
The Minolta A-mount camera system was a line of photographic equipment from Minolta introduced in 1985 with the world's first integrated autofocus system in the camera body with interchangeable lenses. The system used a lens mount called A-mount, with a flange focal distance 44.50 mm, one millimeter longer, 43.5 mm, than the previous SR mount from 1958. The new mount was wider, 49.7 mm vs. 44.97 mm, than the older SR-mount and due to the longer flange focal distance, old manual lenses were incompatible with the new system. Minolta bought the autofocus technology of Leica Correfot camera which was partly used on the a-mount autofocus technology. The mount is now used by Sony, who bought the SLR camera division from Konica Minolta, Konica and Minolta having merged a few years before.
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