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I appreciate your view  of this lens. I still have the one I bought "many years ago". I can't believe that the new version could be that much superior to the original. I used it for ...

"Expensive huge lenses" as you very rightly say  -   means considerably enhanced camera body capabilities.  Who knows ? Wait and see....

Maybe -- maybe. But I will not be around to see the issue....

I agree. It takes 1 to 2 years for realization of a fact.

The free Adobe DNG converter solves the problem. It takes a little time for the conversion, but otherwise OK.

Cropping is surely a good option. I have the A7R3 but often use that capability without having to resort to a macro or tele. The A7R4 should be even better. A recent example with the A7R3 and the ...

Thank you for your comment. Tomorrow, the border with France will reopen and it will be possible to resume hiking in the beautiful mountains of the nearby Haute Savoie.

The "confinement" thankfully allowed us here in Switzerland to go out and freely roam the countryside - providing we did not cross any border. Some views of the Geneva countryside and the nearby ...

Thank you for the opportunity to escape from these "interesting times" as the ancient chinese wished upon their enemies!...

I have to add an example of what Sharpen AI can do: A badly blurred, "irretrievable" photo of my granddaughter taken 15 years ago. It was rescued by sharpen AI in Stabilize auto mode applied twice:

I still have it. As it is today ...

Anscochrome 500 was a very special emulsion. Was'nt available for long.

Incidentally - I do have a pano of Rio (in 1978) using that lens ....

An image of the Milky Way taken from the Atacama desert in 1976 with that lens and with Anscochrome 500... Times have changed - but not the Milky Way.

Just an example. A bearded buzzard. Applied Sharpen AI with stabilize Auto.

I totally agree with you. Used on slightly blurred images - especially by motion - Sharpen AI in stabilize mode gives remarkable results.

Beautiful pictures. I did not know of such a wild and "atmospheric" landscape in Devon.

Agree with you that the current Pentax FF are very good quality. But I have had problems with "mirror-slap" at several occasions - and I can't see how that problem can be easily resolved. I also am ...

I can't remember seeing such a sharp image of the moon taken with a 300mm lens. Very good!

Regardless of what others may have said, I like the effect of the cloud in your first photo. If you just could remove the telegraph pole...