SAL70200G
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5
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Incredible lens
Hoard all your nickels, dimes, and quarters. Do everything necessary to get this lens. You simply get what you pay for and this lens is worth the expense. The first picture I snapped with this lens on my a77 made my jaw hit the ground. I mounted it on my a77 and pulled it up to capture a low light shot of my daughter without giving any thought, just wanted a quick pic. No flash, in a huge hurry, very low light....WOW! She looked like she was about to walk right out of the photo. Thanks to a hard drive crash a few days later, I lost all of those great photos (now I back up immediately.)
The lens is heavy, which is exactly what you should expect from such a large piece of equipment. Solid build, great feel in manual focus without creep, handy focus limiter, and a decent lens hood.
October 15, 2012
Great Glass Worth the Money!
Excellent piece of glass. I've had this lens for a little less than a month and it is extremely sharp at all aperatures. It lives up to it's G status. I've shot everything from wild life to live performances in low light and it performs incredibly well.
Previous posts mention issues with the tripod collar and the lens hood... I found that not to be the case. The studs for the collar are not positioned where most people place their hands and sony cameras have a built in level so turning the lens/ camera to verticle isn't an issue. The hood attaches in place with a firm click .
Great lens, highly recomend.
May 22, 2012
Nice lense but.............
1st lens I had sounded like a mouse was controlling the AF. Notified Sony twice, one agent said it was normal, the other said it was not and to send it in!! I took it back to the local store for an exchange and the 2nd model is silent as it should be. I have also been told that this sound is normal for the piesoelectric motor technology found in various brands under USM, SSM, SWM, HSM, etc...DON'T believe them I have this SSM (2nd copy) and an HSM (Sigma) and they are both very quiet.
March 1, 2011
Sharp at F2.8
I have seen reviews stating that at F2.8 the lens is not that sharp, as compare to F5.6. Well when I paid for a F2.8 lens I expect to use it at F2.8 most of the time, end of story. You look at the attached photo and see for yourself if that is sharp enough. The only changes I made to the RAW file were to brighten it and cropped the top part, no sharpening applied.
The speed, handling, contract, colour, sharpness, and bokeh of this lens are amazing, well worth the money. The outfit of the performer exaggerated the colour fringing, so consider it the worst case scenario. I find it acceptable. To qualify what I meant by handling is amazing: the 3 focus hold buttons are perfectly placed, you can manually override the autofocus at any time, zoom and focusing rings are smooth with the right tension. And the weight is just right for hand held.
Now I should be able to take off the tripod mount without taking the lens off the camera, and I find the lens uncomfortable to hold without the tripod mount because of the 4 metal studs sticking out. Also I expect the locking mechanism to ?guide? me to the portrait or landscape positions, but you can actually lock it at any angle you want with no clear "clicks" of the horizontal and vertical positions. Lens hood comes off too easily, I dropped it a few times already so nowadays I don't even put it on.
September 21, 2010
