The most important lens Sony has made
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Published 2023-07-12
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All Comments (21)
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I bought the Sony 70-200mm F:4 macro lens and I'm in love. It is wonderfully sharp, well made and light. This lens also allows me to reduce the number of lenses I carry. The 70-200mm F:4 becomes a very sharp 280mm lens with the addition of a 1.4x extender or a 400mm sharp lens with the 2x extender. Add a 14mm to 24mm Sigma F:2.8 DG DN and I've pretty well covered the focal lengths I need for my photography. All carried as a fairly light package in a smaller Lowepro over the shoulder camera bag.
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I'm a recent convert to Sony (A7lv + 50 1.4 GM from Leica M8 M9 M10 m10-R M11 + 50 Summilux asph) and I'm very happy. IQ is fantastic, auto focus is a revelation and shooting one handed arms loaded up with shopping bags is a boon!
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I tried that lens in the store, supersharp corner to corner, the only lack is low light performance for indoor sports. All lens hve a trade, this is regularly high weight and high price for luminosity, this is anew breed of lens for its macro performance! One of a kind. Innovative.
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With that teleconverter it's like a 70-200 + 100-300/400 for less $! Amazing deal really.
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I managed a pro camera store in SoCal for 25 years and was a pro photographer as well and I can tell you that there were several 70-200 range f4 zooms that were sharper than their f2.8 counterparts. Canon EF lenses for one.
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Canon shooter here, and when first hearing about this lens I was like, "whatever... Sony hype train blah blah... the Canon version is even smaller and lighter!" I DID NOT know about the macro capability... Very nice!
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Excellent to see for Sony. I love the size and f4 will do fantastic in most shooting situations (especially for landscape shooters!). The smaller and lighter lens will be carried rather than left at home when hiking. Nice. I shoot Nikon and hopefully we will see a 70-200 f4 at some point. Thanks for doing what you do!
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This could be an incredibly useful tool for someone building a kit and being able to hit two birds with one stone. If I was a wedding/portrait photographer who already had an 85 but knew I needed a macro as well as something longer than 85 for some weddings, this lens would be an obvious choice. Do both of those things, and then decide later if you want to upgrade to a 2.8 zoom or a dedicated macro.
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That's a great review. I actually own the original 70-200 f4 and would never trade it for anything. Looking forward to getting my hands on this gem 💎
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You forgot to mention one key point: THE TRIPOD FEET COMES OFF and the lens is light enough that you don't really need it.
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that looks like an amazing hiking and travel lens.
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F/2.8 70/80-200/210 lenses came about and became really popular because people wanted to do portraiture during the golden hour on ISO100 film. With digital, the ISO is no longer fixed per 12/24/36 exposures and F/2.8 became just a convention/habit/fetish with very little practical meaning.
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A clear and concise explanation of what 'state of the art' lens technology means to the mighty Sony. After having owned this new lens for just a week, it's already clear to me at least what a gem of a lens this is. Question is, should I buy a teleconverter to more fully exploit it's macro capabilities; could it be the icing on the cake?
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I received mine in August. I love it. It's such a nice size I leave it on the camera most of the time, and images are superior.
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If losing a stop to the 2.4 is a problem then pay up and get the G master. 1 Stop is easily coped with by adjusting your ISO or shutter speed ( which is coped with by the OSS) I would gratefully do that to save over a £1000!!
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With high image quality in high ISO with modern digital cameras, f/4 zooms are the sweet spots for most of the usage scenario. Need that nice background separations? Buy some of those high quality f/1.8 primes to supplement that. Then you will have a very capable and production set of gear. So much better than those ridiculously oversized and heavy f/2.8 zooms and f/1.4 primes, in vast majority of the cases.
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Looks like a great lens - but should it have "macro" in the name if you have to buy a separate teleconverter to get 1:! magnification?
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I have the 70-200mm GM II which is a great lens. But, I'm thinking about ordering the 70-200mm G II for travel.
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Grabbed one Friday so far I’m happy I’m mainly going to be using it for automotive work
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I am thinking about getting it instead of a new macro lens. I have the 24-70 f/2.8 ii but dont use it enough so thought this lens will do two things for me 😀
