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I'm looking forward to test shots with this lens on the a700 , 400mm on 1,5 crop is really handy!
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moire said:
I'm looking forward to test shots with this lens on the a700 , 400mm
on 1,5 crop is really handy!
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Yeah and a pure f5.6 @400, AND you can put the APO TC on it :E

I will buy this if CA is well controlled like 70-300 G

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I prefer black, but agree that optical and mechanical quality is much more important.
this lens is really heavy and 1500USD too...
 
ledgars said:
I prefer black, but agree that optical and mechanical quality is much
more important.
this lens is really heavy and 1500USD too...
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I wonder if this is:
  • Just a strange idea
  • Sony goes for "titanium" as their color (just as when one see white lenses one think "Canon user") and the other lenses will follow in the same color?
  • Sony make "titanium" the color of their middle high end lenses (which doesn't make sense, since black is always good)
aprox 1500 USD is the price of the Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS lens too. And that lens have been on the marked for a long time and the chance the 70-400mm is better is high. So the price is right for a new lens.

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ledgars said:
I prefer black, but agree that optical and mechanical quality is much
more important.
this lens is really heavy and 1500USD too...
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If Sony actually made it out out titanium it would be lighter and it might justify the price ;-)
 
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The Sony/Minolta TCs work on the new 70-400, 135 STF and the older APO lenses.
Not on the 70-300 SSM G.
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Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find a thousand
regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and
be Expert in home-cosmography.
-H.D. Thoreau
 
Yemble said:
ledgars said:
I prefer black, but agree that optical and mechanical quality is much
more important.
this lens is really heavy and 1500USD too...
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If Sony actually made it out out titanium it would be lighter and it
might justify the price ;-)
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Why complain about the price??

http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/204-canon-ef-100-400mm-f45-56-usm-l-is-test-report--review

Canons equalent ten year old lens is just as expensive...

If this turns out to beat canons push&pull lens, Sony have topped yet another lens..
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Yemble said:
If Sony actually made it out out titanium it would be lighter and it
might justify the price ;-)
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Aluminum and Mg. are a lot lighter than Ti. It'd only be lighter if it was made from steel.

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Spraypaint is as cheap as a buck a can. If you can afford a G lens, you can afford the paint!
 
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