Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS Lens (Black)

The Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS Lens (Black) is a compact telephoto zoom lens designed for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras, delivering an approximately 82.5-315mm full-frame-equivalent field of view. It’s a lightweight, affordable option for photographers who want to extend their reach beyond a standard kit zoom, well suited to portraits, travel, and distant subjects.

Optically, the lens covers a 55-210mm focal range with a variable maximum aperture of f/4.5 at the wide end narrowing to f/6.3 at full telephoto, built from 13 elements in 9 groups, including two aspherical elements that help reduce astigmatism, field curvature, coma, and other monochromatic aberrations. Built-in Optical SteadyShot (OSS) image stabilization helps counteract camera shake and enables sharper handheld results at slower shutter speeds, particularly valuable at the lens’s telephoto end where camera shake becomes more pronounced.

Autofocus is handled by an internal AF motor, delivering smooth, quiet focusing performance suited to both stills and video shooting. The lens is not weather-sealed, consistent with its lightweight, budget-friendly positioning within Sony’s APS-C lens lineup, and ships with the ALC-SH115 lens hood.

Build quality centers on a lightweight construction that keeps the lens easy to carry and pair with Sony’s compact APS-C bodies, prioritizing portability for everyday and travel use over the more robust sealing found in higher-end telephoto zooms.

As an APS-C-specific lens, the Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS is designed exclusively for Sony’s APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras and does not cover a full-frame image circle.

Key Features
– 55-210mm telephoto zoom for Sony APS-C E-mount
– Approximately 82.5-315mm full-frame-equivalent field of view
– Variable maximum aperture f/4.5-6.3
– 13 elements in 9 groups, including 2 aspherical elements
– Optical SteadyShot (OSS) image stabilization
– Internal autofocus motor
– Includes ALC-SH115 lens hood
– Lightweight construction; not weather-sealed
– Compatible with Sony APS-C E-mount mirrorless cameras