Chris T wrote:
THIRTEEN GRAND???? … for a measly 600mm lens, huh, WD?
I say - is that thing made of gold, or what?
So, listen, WD … is that 150-400 an OIS lens, or not? … What's that, in effect - 300-800 (FF equiv.) ???
That is correct. With the built in 1.25X teleconverter it becomes 375-1000 (FF equiv.) and ~f5. I suspect since they are not changing the optics that much with the 1.25X, I expect it will be very sharp to extremely sharp at that range. Without the 1.25X, I expect it to be extremely sharp like the 300 f4 Pro IS lens. And, of course, it will be weatherproof. One will be able to go shooting in the rain and only need a towel to dry off the lens when finished shooting. I am sure there will be image loss with the use of the 2X teleconverter, but hopefully it will remain very sharp. I am hoping Olympus might have a prototype copy at the E-M1X launch event here in Denver. One of the other lenses I hope to see is the 12-200 f3.4/6.3 Pro lens (24-400 FF equiv.) but it is not IS. Because it is not IS, the price is ~$900 compared to the $1300 for the 12-100 f4 Pro IS lens. I am still inclined to favor the IS over the excellent increased range (IS is that good in shooting value). I want to see what Image Resource finds in image quality before passing final judgement.