Re: Rumored 200-600 f/5.6-6.3 and 600 f/4 GM this Monday
2xbass wrote: shadow9d9 wrote:I feel bad for Sony users who spent $10k on the 400 2.8 if they really would have preferred the new 600 f4.
I suspect many of us who got the 400/2.8 fully knew that a 500 or 600 was coming and either, like myself, prefer the 400/2.8, or were fine with getting it as an interim or additional lens. I personally love the fact that I can easily walk around with and handheld the 400 on a Sony body and get closeup medium distance shots or even tighter portraits of smaller animals up close. If I need more reach I can put on the TC and be within the same approximate range of the 600. It’s when you try to go out further when it is not effective since using someone with a 600 can go out a lot further with the 1.4x and the 600 at 1200 definitely beats the 400 at 800. It’s at that point that the 400 owners have to start using a crop body or cropping in post to get the further reach.
Yes, knowing it is coming is understandable, but it is all about timing. I can't really have much of a discussion with someone who considers 3000 grams to be handholdable though. We are just in different worlds. The bulkiness and weight of the 100-400 is enough to be cumbersome to me.
I walked to a wildlife area today, over half an hour away, here in South Korea, while on vacation. If I had to carry more, there is a zero chance of me doing that. Even at home there would be a zero chance.
Jun 08, 2019 at 09:39 AM
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