other than no liveview..basically i have totally no complain at all..

also take note its a lil bit heavy..for me its okay..but not everyone like to carry it whole day tho....everytime i pass my camera to my friend..the first thing is always "wtf! y so heavy! "

so the price on 85mm SAM is critical, if its the same price range as the Third Party 90mm~105mm range(mostly macro) then it is very hard to competitive against each other unless it focus much faster and has decent sharpness at F2.8 without stop down (as what Sony 100mm and 50mm does)

i am sure the 85mm SAM focuses faster than the tamron sp90. no?

Weight shouldn't be a problem, but why is it heavier ah? Different body build? Magnesium? Or it's bigger than normal SLR's?

sensor bigger ma... sure need bigger build..

it has a rugged magnesium alloy body that's sealed against moisture and dust for added durability also ma..

LOLed at "wtf! y so heavy! ", thats what we get all the time from non SLR users.

gawd, i hope so.. since its not a 1:1 macro..

add on: the price looks very delicious... provided the focusing is fast (lets all hope so), the quoted price of £200 is RM1200+/- with the currency now. which is sure to be lower seeing that price is direct sony pricing. the link earlier states that it could hover around £175, which is basically around RM870... NEW..

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 28 2010, 10:40 PM

u throw them NEX with 18-55 also they will say heavy one la.

i tested the a850 in the curve the other day when i wanna see the nex.. GRR!!!! im abit poisoned... the a850 soooo solid.

bro... u really need to work on your poison shield

that's why i bought the VG-C90AM as well last time

order placed with cjlai item arriving in 2 weeks

sig are you selling ur vg?

no lah.. i have a plan dy

buy Nex3

when i go off to Australia next year, sell off my a700, travel light.

save cash

graduate ---> FF time!!!

ok la..to me..i wont sacrifice quality in exchange for few hundred grams lighter....mean time can take it as exercise ma..lol....not as if we would have to carry it 10hours everyday..once in awhile only should be fine i guess.....

order apa will?

sold it with my a850 dy

im thinking of getting Hanimex lens since it's quite affordable.
any comment on M42 lenses ?

if you can live with manual focus only, then sure, its cheap and sharp

what about IQ ?

the sal85f2.8 SAM definately cheaper then SAL100 F2.8 M.

and it is possible for SAL85SAM to be more expensive then Sp90 because SAL100marco already wayyy pass that price range.

ieR, then again, those 2 are true macro lenses. the SAL85F28 isnt...