{"id":846277,"date":"2026-08-07T02:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846277\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:32:13","slug":"sony-launches-1399-100-400mm-f5-6-8-super-telephoto-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846277\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony launches $1,399 100-400mm F5.6-8 super-telephoto zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nBy Mike O’Connor | 7 August 2026\n<\/p>\n

Sony has announced a new compact super-telephoto zoom lens for its full-frame Alpha mirrorless camera system, aimed at photographers looking for extended reach without the size and weight typically associated with 400mm lenses.
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The new Sony Electronics SEL100400, also known as the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS, covers a versatile 100-400mm focal range while weighing approximately 654g.<\/p>\n

The lens is designed for handheld shooting and targets photographers photographing subjects such as birds, wildlife, sports, trains and aircraft.<\/p>\n

Sony says the lens uses a new optical design featuring two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements and two aspherical elements to reduce colour fringing and distortion across the zoom range.<\/p>\n

A nine-blade circular aperture is used to produce smoother background blur, while the lens offers a minimum focusing distance of 0.86m at the telephoto end and a maximum magnification of 0.41x.<\/p>\n

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The lens includes built-in optical image stabilisation to help reduce camera shake when shooting at longer focal lengths. It also supports Sony\u2019s Active Mode stabilisation and coordinated image stabilisation features in compatible cameras.<\/p>\n

Autofocus performance is handled by a linear motor system, which Sony says provides fast, accurate and quiet focusing for moving subjects. The lens supports high-speed continuous shooting with autofocus and auto exposure tracking on compatible cameras, including the Sony \u03b19 III.<\/p>\n

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For photographers wanting additional reach, the lens is compatible with Sony\u2019s SEL20TC teleconverter, extending the focal length to 800mm. When used on an APS-C camera or in crop mode, the equivalent reach can extend further.<\/p>\n

The lens has been designed with outdoor use in mind, featuring dust and moisture resistance, a customisable focus hold button, focus mode and range controls, and a zoom lock switch. A supplied lens hood helps reduce flare and ghosting in bright conditions.<\/p>\n

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The Sony FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS will be available from September 2026 with a suggested retail price of $1399.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mike O’Connor | 7 August 2026 Sony has announced a new compact super-telephoto zoom lens for its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-846277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}