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The Sony protector filter is Zeiss T* coated but slim design. You can put lens cap on it but cannot stack another filter. With 70-400 you don't need slim design in case you want to screw on a polarizer. Hoya HMC or pro digital 1 is the way to go.

To me, it can be summed up by 2 things. Being number three, Minolta was not afraid to experiment and innovate, I am glad Sony picked that up and brought us SSS, STF, Acute Matte focus screens, F58AM with head that swivels for portrait shots, verticle grip that works better etc. Sony's partnership wi...

I think we are trying to read too much from these "teaser" mock up lenses. The guy is simply trying to tell us the future direction. Heavy emphasis on DT lenses and the G series DT lenses with SSM (read: high quality) will grow (roughly 2:1 compare to FF). A bone to throw to the FF fans: l...

Hail Doctor David.
I trust you are not just saying that to help jbtaylor?
If I have the 24-70ZA, am I better off getting the SAL 16mm or 20mm f2.8?

Shall we consider ourselves mooned?
Nice shot but I would prefer a little more exposure.
(Ouch! I just realized what I said after I typed it.)

Actually I wouldn't mind a bid of overlap at the wide end. With the 24-70 and 70-200, I could have gotten just the 16mm and would have good coverage since 16 is as wide as I care to go due to it's VERY specific characteristics. I would like to have 24mm and 35mm to "fall back" on when the ...

Welcome to the G club. I agree with you about the 3D feel. People always called it the portrait zoom. I always wondered why but now that I have used it (especially in non-studio environment such as the lovely lady on the people mover), I am beginning to see why. Believe it or not I am exercising wit...

Wow thanks! Welcomed by the Viceroy, now I feel like a VIP. It eased the painful memory of that fiasco. I liked the cross x design of the maxxum name. Seriously, I was considering between 85mm and 135mm but went middle of the road and got the 100f2.8 macro. The 135 STF is just too darn expensive, so...

Minolta should have put out a line of Valdez products just to get even.
Sorry, I got off topic about the 135mm f2.8.
I remember I had to wait a loooonnnnng time for my Minolta 9000 because of that double x nonsense.