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by James W. Milligan on Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:19 pm
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I am again pondering the purchase of a 70-300 lens and just spotted the 70-400 lens. Any thoughts on the 70-400 lens?
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:25 pm
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If you are referring to E-mount, there is no 70-400, that is an A-mount lens. if you are referring to A-mount, it's a good lens. Not quitre at the level of the Canon 100-400 but very good and certainly better than the Nikon 80-400...
 

by James W. Milligan on Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:30 pm
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I just finished looking at a review and didn't realize this is an A mount. Would be nice for the E mount and it has a tripod collar. I guess I am back to the 70-300 lens.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:49 pm
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I had a feeling that you might have been looking at the A-mount as an E-mount lens ;)  For what it's worth, there have been rumors of a 100-400 coming in the future but I doubt they would do that until the next generation of bodies as the AF performance suffers with the current AF system on long focal lengths.
 

by Mike in O on Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:35 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:If you are referring to E-mount, there is no 70-400, that is an A-mount lens.  if you are referring to A-mount, it's a good lens.  Not quitre at the level of the Canon 100-400 but very good and certainly better than the Nikon 80-400...
Excuse me...everyone knows that at 70mm, the Sony beats the pants off of the Canon.  :evil:
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:23 pm
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Mike in O wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:If you are referring to E-mount, there is no 70-400, that is an A-mount lens.  if you are referring to A-mount, it's a good lens.  Not quitre at the level of the Canon 100-400 but very good and certainly better than the Nikon 80-400...
Excuse me...everyone knows that at 70mm, the Sony beats the pants off of the Canon.  :evil:
ROFLOL :)
 

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