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Thanks for the advice David. I went back to the Sony store with my memory card and fired off about 75 photos with the lens and the store demo A700, and came home to look at the results...what's the word I'm looking for here...oh yeah, disapointment, that's it. The lens (or the camera) back focussed ...

Ok, I see that no one has any advice to offer...I should come clean then: I had pretty much made up my mind that I want it, I was just looking for some validation from those who have it that it's a sweet piece of glass. Anyone care to indulge me and tell me how great it is?

Cheers, Paul

So, I was in my local sony style store and they have a 35 1.4 G available for testing...so of course I did just that. This is a lens I have been fairly intrigued by; I like to shoot in low light, and I don't mind paying a premium to get premium gear if I have to (this is certainly not a cheap lens)....

Thanks for the advice. I'll try the blower and graduate to the cleaner should the blower not work. UPDATE APRIL 1, 2008.... So, for anyone reading this thread or with similar problems, I'll post the results of my effort fix this issue... Following David's advice I first used a rocket blower to try a...

Hi all...long time lurker, first time poster... My A700 has started to exhibit the following issues with the rear control dial: - one or two clicks results in multiple activations, such as the equivalent of 5, 6, 7 clicks - quick, rapid thumb scrolling, such as reviewing photos or quickly changing s...