y not consider the sigma also??

i am alsostuck between sigma, sony and tamron

I know..it's hard to find the right angle when that flower is located quite near to the centre of the pond
i wish i have that too 

ok, then what about this:

and this:

kuro0314 : u can try studio zaloon at pudu plaza.. go find mr.chin..

fansoption : street price for sony 70200g should be around 5.6k..

kysham: thanks

cjlai : i like this lens very much. Waiting someone bought and review sigma 85 1.4 pulak

Sigma 30 1.4 new one i think about rm1.8k

Tammy is nice. cheaper than sigma n sony . about 2.9k

I like the build quality, the weight, the sharpness and the colour. Not to warm. just nice with sony. Only the focusing speed is slower than sigma n sony (above the range of 125-200mm). And it doesn't have focus limiter

say like you expect & welcome it to happen 
warranty lo.. but i think LCD should have some dead pixel only can warranty right??

sh b around 4.3-4.5k brand new

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Added on January 18, 2011, 9:54 am
not as exp as the white G la

for the OS HSM APO version should be around that price i think

if only 1 dead pixel then can send to warranty claim? 

why not? complain only...

GO COMPLAIN ONLY!

ASK THEM CHANGE THE WHOLE FREAKING SENSOR IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!

Bro...wat is "focus limiter"? googled, but dun quite get it...

fansoption: you're wrong. dont give wrong information please if you're unsure..

focus limiter is so that when your subject is far away, you set the focus limiter to the far range, so the lens does not have to 'search' the entire length of the focusing gear to get to your target, coz some lenses have a very long 'focus throw' (to focus from MFD to infinity). usually focus limiter are present on macro lenses and tele lenses where focusing from infinity to MFD will take a considerably long time...