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Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II coming
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(10-14-2021, 06:19 AM)Brightcolours Wrote:
(10-14-2021, 05:32 AM)Rover Wrote: "the new Sony lens should be called outstanding", but no "Editor's Choice" or however their version of the Zone's HR is called? Come on lenstip Smile

Anyway looks like a great lens, and the price is "remarkable", too... Unfortunately. Interesting that it only has 17 elements while my ages old Canon 70-200/2.8 has 23 I think? Smile

17 is the new 23? The Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8 also has 17 elements.

(10-13-2021, 11:31 AM)Rover Wrote: Huh, never really noticed that.

You can see it in the specs, your 1st gen f2.8 IS reaches 0.17x at 1.4m, the RF reaches 0.23x at 0.7m (half the distance). half the distance should have given 0.17 x 2 = 0.34x magnification, of the lenses behaved the same.

Thanx. The 1st gen. EF was not outright bad for closeups, although they did improve MFD with the newer iterations. I remember using extension tubes on it too (until one snapped in half while I was shooting, and the lens tumbled to the ground... I must've had my entire life pass before my sight in that instant).
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According to LensTip it's a sort of quasi-perfect lens - the only weak point is ghosting and flaring. I'm particularly impressed by the coma performance, which if I'm not wrong it's quite remarkable for a zoom lens, isn't it?

https://www.lenstip.com/617.1-Lens_revie...ction.html
stoppingdown.net

 

Sony a6300, Sony a6000, Sony NEX-6, Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS, Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS, Sigma 150-600mm Æ’/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary, Samyang 12mm Æ’/2, Sigma 30mm F2.8 DN | A, Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 100mm Æ’/2.8, Samyang 8mm Æ’/3.5 fish-eye II | Zenit Helios 44-2 58mm Æ’/2 
Plus some legacy Nikkor lenses.
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(10-19-2021, 07:17 AM)stoppingdown Wrote: According to LensTip it's a sort of quasi-perfect lens - the only weak point is ghosting and flaring. I'm particularly impressed by the coma performance, which if I'm not wrong it's quite remarkable for a zoom lens, isn't it?

https://www.lenstip.com/617.1-Lens_revie...ction.html

I think coma comes from a curved image projection, as such wider aperture and wider angle lenses are more prone to coma than a 70-200mm f2.8 lens.
That does not take away anything from the strong performance of this new Sony lens.
  


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