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Fred Miranda
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Registered: Dec 30, 2001
Location: United States
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Review Date: Dec 13, 2014
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,231.00
| Rating: 10
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build quality, quiet OSS, relatively compact, IQ even wide-open
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fly-by-wire focus mechanism.
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The size of the lens is about the same as the Canon/Nikon competitors which is very compact for a 70-200 f/4 lens. Yes, maybe it's not a small lens but we are talking full frame here and I always prefer IQ over size.
The Sony 70-200 f/4 is just as good or better than my Canon 70-200 f/4L IS which is a superb lens. Micro contrast and colors are excellent and there is no apparent compromise. A shortcoming of the Canon 70-200 f/4 was always 200mm f/4 at MFD. The Sony performs way better at MFD and the image stabilizer seems almost silent. In contrast Canon's IS version is very loud.
At 200mm, there is a small penalty in the corners when shooting wide open. That is minimum though and it's just perceptible because the center is that good. Maybe I got lucky with my copy but can only highly recommended this lens.
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 Dec 13, 2014
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PrecisionPhoto
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Registered: Oct 4, 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 3389
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Review Date: Aug 31, 2014
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,350.00
| Rating: 10
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Light weight, quality made, excellent optics native lens on the A7
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none
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I love this lens, the photo's that come from it remind me of the Canon 200 1.8 prime from the past I had and that saying a lot.
Fast focusing and love that it's a native lens on my Sony A7
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Aug 31, 2014
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omarbr
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Review Date: Jun 11, 2014
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,498.00
| Rating: 9
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This lens is very sharp, nice bokeh, good color, light weight despite of its size, well-built and OSS
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Price seem a little high for F4
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After being disappointed with the Sony FE 24–70mm F4, the Sony FE 70-200mm F4 lens has happily amazed me with how sharp and clear it is. Auto focus seem fast and accurate for 95% of the pictures. I have noticed that I can fine tune the focus on the other 5% with focus peaking to get even sharper pictures. With Optical Steady Shot I have been able to get hand held sharp shots in low light (1/80 sec at F4). I thought about waiting to purchase this lens until after reading positive review, but I’m very happy I will have it for our family Glacier National Park trip.
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Jun 11, 2014
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100% of reviewers
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$1,359.67
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