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Out of interest Stavro, did you contact them (I assume this is Photozone) and what was their response? I live in Greece too.

A truly exceptional macro lens

@Leonp
Don't you post-process? Or does photography have to be out of camera JPG?

I never found the Micro 105mm to be such a great macro lens

The 200 works fine with Z cameras but only manual focus

Ah, but if it takes long enough spring will come again ;-) I was lucky enough to get mine (in Europe ) in early July but I had pre-ordered the day the lens got announced in early June. Be patient, ...

Totally agree. I'll never buy anything Tamron again

Using Jpeg Basic is not the correct way " to handle critical situations"

Shooting in JPG basic quality and complaining about the poor results is a bit like buying the cheapest wine and complaining about its taste. Do yourself a favour and shoot RAW! Added bonus: it ...

If you have the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S try it out on flowers. You can get pretty close - obviously not 1:1 - and it works surprisingly well. It may be all that you need if you don't have to do ...

Why would be a reason to use AUTO (as opposed to A which is also an automatic mode but at least you control your aperture)? Must say that I have never ever tried it so it might qualify as my most ...

Why is your score "only" 4.5. Is there anything that could have been better?

I use this lens quite often for close-ups and it works decently. You don't get 1:1 obviously but the magnification is often all you need (the pine needles in the photo will give you a scale)

I've been waiting for it for long and it seems to well exceed my expectations. I've never been a fan of the 105 G which I had to buy because my superb Tamron 90mm didn't work with Z cameras (and ...

This was exactly my thought.

Just curious: in the photo https://www.dpreview.com/news/8120195205/slideshow-winners-of-the-all-about-photo-awards-2020-the-mind-s-eye-competition?slide=6&imageViewer=1 there is a mention that...

And you really think that lugging a 10.000 Euro, 4kg , 200mm f/2 macro lens would make you an "elite photographer"?

...at a price that almost nobody could afford. What would be the point of it all?

Superb!

It was sailing that I had in mind when I wrote my earlier post :-)