ManuelLaMantia wrote:
Ronny, I would not suggest Contax 100-300... it is a great lens but belongs to another era and although it is very sharp, colors and contrast are not comparable to the current lenses... you have to work more in PP to reach a good result. The 70-200 f / 4 it seems to me a very good and versatile lens with autofocus and stabilizer and in my opinion has better bokeh than the FE 70-300 which among other is very expensive. Probably suggestion provided by Werner is the right solution even though adapter+lens (large lens) seems rather bulky and heavy.
Ciao - Manuel
Hi Manuel, I have used two samples of the 4/70-200 and own a Contax 4.5-5.6/100-300 for a few weeks. I didn't use the Contax enough to finally judge it yet but I think that it has much sharper corners (especially in the 100-200 area) and also an at least equally good bokeh. For travel photography with a high amount of non-moving landscape images, the Contax would be more preferable in my opinion. Furthermore, the 300mm setting is not just a gadget on this lens although it's a tad weaker than the middle focal lengths.
Actually, the bokeh was one of the big surprises with the Contax. I know a few other 70-300/100-300/70-400 (FE 70-300, Sony G 70-400, FD 100-300 L) lenses and in my first impressions, the Contax is far on top of all of them when it comes to bokeh. The FE 4/70-200 was no slouch either in terms of bokeh either and has more potential for subject isolation at shorter focal lengths.
Jan 13, 2017 at 02:36 AM
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