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Richard B.
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Richard B.
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- 1 was about 6 feet. I don't remember on #2, but it would guess somewhere in the 15 - 20 foot range.
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I just received mine today, also an ebay purchase. $139 and the lens looks brand new. Did some test shots and it is very sharp, has nice Bokeh, really a nice value... but nowhere near the quality of a 70300G in my opinion. The PF I've already seen in some of my Beercan pics puts it in a different league than the G lenses. But still a great lens nonetheless.
Sony A55, A580, HDR-SR12, T100
Lenses: SAL70400G, Sigma18-250 OS HSM, Sigma 18-50 OS HSM, Maxxum 50mm 1.7, Lensbaby Composer
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Sony A55, A580, HDR-SR12, T100
Lenses: SAL70400G, Sigma18-250 OS HSM, Sigma 18-50 OS HSM, Maxxum 50mm 1.7, Lensbaby Composer
Adam-T
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there's only one "Beercan" and its the 70-210 F4 constant -- Named because of its shape (or lack thereof) by early owners ...... Some started calling longer and shorter lenses with variable apertures Baby and Big Beercans but there's only one actual beercan ..
I always found it to be mixed regarding image quality, better for more closeup shooting than long distance wideopen - the old Nikon 70-210 F4 constant is a far better lens in all respects (as sharp as most 80-200 F2.8s) but very hard to find, the canon 70-210 F4 constant is pretty poor unless stopped down (and is also both plastic and a horrid sloppy pump zoom - there IS the mindblowing 70-200 F4L IS though) so the common but far from rubbish "Beercan" does give Sony owners a bit of a Cheap edge for a reasonably fast tele zoom which is common on the used market...
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I always found it to be mixed regarding image quality, better for more closeup shooting than long distance wideopen - the old Nikon 70-210 F4 constant is a far better lens in all respects (as sharp as most 80-200 F2.8s) but very hard to find, the canon 70-210 F4 constant is pretty poor unless stopped down (and is also both plastic and a horrid sloppy pump zoom - there IS the mindblowing 70-200 F4L IS though) so the common but far from rubbish "Beercan" does give Sony owners a bit of a Cheap edge for a reasonably fast tele zoom which is common on the used market...
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A Problem is only the pessimistic way of looking at a challenge
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