Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens

Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens
The Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is a highly versatile and ultra-portable standard zoom lens designed natively for full-frame E-mount mirrorless cameras. Spanning from a wide-angle perspective to a compressed portrait length, this lightweight optic is an ideal go-to choice for everyday walkaround photography, travel, and casual documentary shooting. By balancing an advanced aspherical and Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) optical layout with built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, it delivers reliable, sharp imagery in a compact form factor that pairs perfectly with any Alpha-series mirrorless body.

CONDITION & ACCESSORIES NOTE
Complete Functional Walkaround Kit: This lens has been fully tested and is completely operational, displaying standard signs of careful previous handling on the exterior barrel and rubberized grips.

Accessories Included: Ships complete with standard front and rear lens caps, alongside the original dedicated matching Sony petal-shaped plastic lens hood to shield the front glass from stray light flare.

Versatile Standard Zoom Reach & Corrective Optics
Everyday 28-70mm Focal Range: Covers a highly practical standard zoom spectrum on full-frame (FX) sensors, enabling rapid framing transitions from wide architectural shots and group photos to intimate head-and-shoulder portraits. On APS-C crop sensor bodies, it provides a useful 42-105mm equivalent reach.

Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) Glass: Incorporates one ED glass element within its optical matrix to systematically combat chromatic aberrations and secondary color fringing, ensuring high color neutrality and edge-to-edge clarity.

Three Aspherical Elements: Features three precision-engineered aspherical elements to dramatically reduce astigmatism, field curvature, coma, and other monochromatic aberrations for sharp resolution across the zoom range.

Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm: Utilizes a seven-blade aperture array with a rounded geometry to deliver a smooth, natural out-of-focus background blur (bokeh) when leveraging selective focus techniques.

Silent Linear AF & Optical SteadyShot Stabilization
Optical SteadyShot (OSS) Image Stabilization: Built-in hardware optical stabilization actively counters the blur caused by handheld camera shake at slower shutter speeds. For advanced shooters, this lens stabilization pipeline syncs seamlessly with select Sony camera bodies featuring sensor-shift In-Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) for maximum vibration correction.

Responsive Linear Motor AF: Driven by an agile internal linear autofocus motor coupled with an internal focusing (IF) layout. Only the middle optical clusters shift during operation, maintaining a fixed external barrel length while delivering rapid, silent, and precise focus response optimized for both stills and video tracking.

Weather-Sealed Everyday Chassis
Dust- and Moisture-Resistant Build: Constructed with robust weather-sealing gaskets surrounding critical structural seams, allowing you to confidently keep shooting when navigating inclement outdoor weather or misty travel environments.

Tactile Rubberized Control Rings: Features premium, textured rubberized surfaces on both the zoom and focus rings, ensuring a secure grip and comfortable mechanical handling even when operating the lens in cold weather climates with gloves.

Technical Specifications
Focal Length Range: 28-70mm (42-105mm Equivalent on APS-C Sensors)

Aperture Range: f/3.5-5.6 to f/22-36

Lens Mount Type: Sony E-Mount (Full-Frame Native)

Filter Thread Diameter: 55mm

Minimum Focus Distance: 1.31′ (40 cm)

Maximum Magnification Ratio: 0.19x

Lens Optical Formula: 9 Elements in 8 Groups (1x ED, 3x Aspherical)

Weight: Approx. 10.4 oz (295 grams)