Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
p.47 #1Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Does having OSS off or on affect image quality? Always see people saying different things. The manual says to turn OSS off at shutter speed 1/1600 or higher. I usually leave OSS on always but today i experimented with OSS off and really couldn't tell any difference, but having 2x TC might matter more.
All these are with OSS off.
Black Phoebe
Got some Barn Swallows in flight, tough! Probably easier if I took the 2x TC
Cattle Egret catches a dragonfly
Cinnamon Teal
A little blurry on this one but got it somehow
Solitary Sandpiper - Waited about an hour in the mud for it to come closer. All the other shots were across the pond and too far for a good shot
Blue mud wasp landed near me
All these are with OSS off.
Black Phoebe
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/2500s 800 ISO 0.0 EV
Got some Barn Swallows in flight, tough! Probably easier if I took the 2x TC
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/5000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/5000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/5000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/4000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV
Cattle Egret catches a dragonfly
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/4000s 640 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/4000s 640 ISO 0.0 EV
Cinnamon Teal
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/5000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV
A little blurry on this one but got it somehow
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/2500s 800 ISO 0.0 EV
Solitary Sandpiper - Waited about an hour in the mud for it to come closer. All the other shots were across the pond and too far for a good shot
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/3200s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV
Blue mud wasp landed near me
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/5000s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV
Sep 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
p.47 #2Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
pdog109 wrote:
Does having OSS off or on affect image quality? Always see people saying different things. The manual says to turn OSS off at shutter speed 1/1600 or higher. I usually leave OSS on always but today i experimented with OSS off and really couldn't tell any difference, but having 2x TC might matter more.
There is no real consensus, which is simply because it is so hard to verify. May take: for BIF or any kind of action (excluding strict panning and mode 2) it often does not matter as long as your shutter speed is high, but sometimes it does matter and than it is much better to have it off. The reason is simple enough: the camera may try to compensate for movements of the lens that are due to tracking bird movement and really should not be compensated against. On the other hand OSS seems to stop trying to compensate if there is too much (or too quick?) movement. If you try this with slower shutter speeds, where all the effects are easier to diagnose, you'll find that for slow panning the lens will pulse between movement compensation and catching up to the overall lens direction. If that happens it really does not help when shooting BIF.
One real world case I can recall (shooting A1 & 600f4) was a bird circling right in front of me. The majority of shots had movement blur or were OOF altogether, even though in the specific case the angular movement of the bird was fairly easy to track. Analyzing the shots later showed that the movement blur apparently corresponded to the camera trying to freeze the lens direction, which also caused following shots to loose focus entirely. Luckily some of the shots were still fine and two of those happen to be among my all time favorites.
Does having OSS off or on affect image quality? Always see people saying different things. The manual says to turn OSS off at shutter speed 1/1600 or higher. I usually leave OSS on always but today i experimented with OSS off and really couldn't tell any difference, but having 2x TC might matter more.
There is no real consensus, which is simply because it is so hard to verify. May take: for BIF or any kind of action (excluding strict panning and mode 2) it often does not matter as long as your shutter speed is high, but sometimes it does matter and than it is much better to have it off. The reason is simple enough: the camera may try to compensate for movements of the lens that are due to tracking bird movement and really should not be compensated against. On the other hand OSS seems to stop trying to compensate if there is too much (or too quick?) movement. If you try this with slower shutter speeds, where all the effects are easier to diagnose, you'll find that for slow panning the lens will pulse between movement compensation and catching up to the overall lens direction. If that happens it really does not help when shooting BIF.
One real world case I can recall (shooting A1 & 600f4) was a bird circling right in front of me. The majority of shots had movement blur or were OOF altogether, even though in the specific case the angular movement of the bird was fairly easy to track. Analyzing the shots later showed that the movement blur apparently corresponded to the camera trying to freeze the lens direction, which also caused following shots to loose focus entirely. Luckily some of the shots were still fine and two of those happen to be among my all time favorites.
Sep 13, 2026 at 03:04 AM
p.47 #3Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Using the 300 f/2.8+1.4xtc at about minimum focusing distance.
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Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
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Turkey going through the property filling up on grasshoppers.
Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
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Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
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Luna - she's almost a year old, the white is a birthmark.
Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
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Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr02
Turkey going through the property filling up on grasshoppers.
Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr03
Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr04
Luna - she's almost a year old, the white is a birthmark.
Sony A1II +300+1.4xTC by hatch1921, on FlickrSep 14, 2026 at 07:05 AM
p.47 #4Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Sony A1II + 300 F/2.8 + 2x TC by hatch1921, on FlickrSep 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
p.47 #5Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
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Sony A1ii+300+2xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
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Sony A1ii+300+2xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
Sony A1ii+300+2xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr02
Sony A1ii+300+2xTC by hatch1921, on FlickrSep 16, 2026 at 06:09 AM
p.47 #6Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Sony A1ii+300+2xTC by hatch1921, on FlickrSep 16, 2026 at 07:26 AM
p.47 #7Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Sony 300mm+2xTC by hatch1921, on Flickr
Sony 300mm+2xTC by hatch1921, on FlickrSep 17, 2026 at 08:02 PM
p.47 #8Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Brooks Lodge with the 300GM as my only lens. Should've used it bare more, but ohwell.
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/25s 12800 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS lens 65535 lens 300mm f/2.8 1/250s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS lens 65535 lens 300mm f/2.8 1/250s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/2000s 2500 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/1000s 500 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/640s 1000 ISO -0.3 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/250s 3200 ISO +0.3 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/1000s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/11.0 1/30s 100 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/250s 2000 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/1000s 2000 ISO -1.7 EV
ILCE-1M2 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 65535 lens 600mm f/5.6 1/250s 6400 ISO 0.0 EV
Sep 25, 2026 at 09:04 PM
p.47 #9Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
nmerc_photos wrote:
Brooks Lodge with the 300GM as my only lens. Should've used it bare more, but ohwell.
Great shots! And i think you made the right choice though, shooting 300 bare near those big bears, aww hell no put the 2x TC and shoot from far away.
Brooks Lodge with the 300GM as my only lens. Should've used it bare more, but ohwell.
Great shots! And i think you made the right choice though, shooting 300 bare near those big bears, aww hell no put the 2x TC and shoot from far away.
Sep 25, 2026 at 09:24 PM
p.47 #10Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
pdog109 wrote:
Great shots! And i think you made the right choice though, shooting 300 bare near those big bears, aww hell no put the 2x TC and shoot from far away.
Haha. The bears at Katmai are habituated and don't see people as food, so they have no problem coming veeeerrryyy close to you.
It would've been nice to be at 300 bare for those times, as well as just to capture more "environmental portraits".
I really dig the shots where I was just super far back and got some of the lakes, rivers, backgrounds.
The new 100-400 f4.5 is THE perfect Katmai lens. Maybe next year!
nmerc_photos wrote
Brooks Lodge with the 300GM as my only lens. Should've used it bare more, but ohwell.Haha. The bears at Katmai are habituated and don't see people as food, so they have no problem coming veeeerrryyy close to you.
It would've been nice to be at 300 bare for those times, as well as just to capture more "environmental portraits".
I really dig the shots where I was just super far back and got some of the lakes, rivers, backgrounds.
The new 100-400 f4.5 is THE perfect Katmai lens. Maybe next year!
Sep 26, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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p.47 #11Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Tested my new Sony 300mm 2.8 at my son’s soccer game this weekend. A remarkably light, remarkably sharp lens.
Third image is a crop of the second to show the sharpness since FM images are like 12 pixels wide.
Third image is a crop of the second to show the sharpness since FM images are like 12 pixels wide.
ILCE-7RM6 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS lens 300mm f/2.8 1/5000s 100 ISO -1.0 EV
ILCE-7RM6 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS lens 300mm f/2.8 1/5000s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
Sep 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
p.47 #12Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
I already have the 400 f/2.8 and 600 f/4, came here for someone to convince me I need the 300. Im counting on you all to help push me off the ledge!!
Absolutely love my 400 its my sports workhorse but its a just a tad bit long for a few sports and Sonys lack of a 100-300 f/2.8 has me considering this lens. It's a lot cheaper than buying an R1 and the 100-300 just for 1 lens.
I shoot sports for a living so I justify the costs if I can find enough use for it. Thoughts?
Absolutely love my 400 its my sports workhorse but its a just a tad bit long for a few sports and Sonys lack of a 100-300 f/2.8 has me considering this lens. It's a lot cheaper than buying an R1 and the 100-300 just for 1 lens.
I shoot sports for a living so I justify the costs if I can find enough use for it. Thoughts?
Sep 29, 2026 at 02:41 PM
p.47 #13Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
It’s a phenomenal lens. Do it.
Legndz wrote:
I already have the 400 f/2.8 and 600 f/4, came here for someone to convince me I need the 300. Im counting on you all to help push me off the ledge!!
Absolutely love my 400 its my sports workhorse but its a just a tad bit long for a few sports and Sonys lack of a 100-300 f/2.8 has me considering this lens. It's a lot cheaper than buying an R1 and the 100-300 just for 1 lens.
I shoot sports for a living so I justify the costs if I can find enough use for it. Thoughts?
Legndz wrote:
I already have the 400 f/2.8 and 600 f/4, came here for someone to convince me I need the 300. Im counting on you all to help push me off the ledge!!
Absolutely love my 400 its my sports workhorse but its a just a tad bit long for a few sports and Sonys lack of a 100-300 f/2.8 has me considering this lens. It's a lot cheaper than buying an R1 and the 100-300 just for 1 lens.
I shoot sports for a living so I justify the costs if I can find enough use for it. Thoughts?
Oct 01, 2026 at 05:34 PM
p.47 #14Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
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ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/200s 100 ISO -0.7 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/125s 200 ISO -0.7 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/125s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/125s 160 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/125s 125 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/125s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/1000s 100 ISO -0.7 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 420mm f/4.0 1/1600s 100 ISO -0.7 EV
Oct 03, 2026 at 04:32 AM
p.47 #17Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Sony A1II + Sony 300 F/2.8 by hatch1921, on FlickrNov 05, 2026 at 08:47 AM
p.47 #18Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
Sony A1II + Sony 300 F/2.8 by hatch1921, on Flickr
Sony A1II + Sony 300 F/2.8 by hatch1921, on FlickrNov 06, 2026 at 07:28 AM
p.47 #19Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread
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ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/6.3 1/2000s 800 ISO +0.3 EV
ILCE-1 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter lens 600mm f/8.0 1/2000s 800 ISO +0.3 EV
Nov 06, 2026 at 08:59 AM