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200-600/5.6-6.3 and 600/4 Announced

Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Knorp said:
At $2000 for the 200-600/5.6-6.3 I'd say it's a steal, no ?
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Yes and no. The Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 is $1,400 minus discounts, but yes, this is a challenge for Canikon, and they need to do something fast, preferably before the Olympics.
 
ptomsu

ptomsu

Workshop Member
With these new lens releases (200-600 and 600) Sony has now finally the lens lineup for pros and enthusiasts in the wildlife and sports arena. They are clearly dominating if you add a camera like the A9 and there is nothing comparable on the market.

Kudos to Sony .... and it will be interesting to see how CaNikon react to this :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
 
bensonga

bensonga

Well-known member
I especially like the internal zoom design. I wish my Nikon 200-500 had it.

Gary
 
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pegelli

pegelli

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For me the 600/4 is a bit out of my price range (understatement of the week), but if the 200-600 is as good as the 100-400 I can see one in my future. The price is a bit more than the Tamron/Sigma equivalents but not needing an adapter and having a native lens is worth something extra. And putting it on an A6x00 will add reach without dropping the MP-count.

I'm sure Canon and Nikon (and Panasonic) will react, they can't let this one go by unnoticed. Interesting times :)
 
iiiNelson

iiiNelson

Well-known member
Knorp said:
At $2000 for the 200-600/5.6-6.3 I'd say it's a steal, no ?
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If it’s lives up to or exceeds the price in terms of image quality then yes it’s a steal IMO. I would’ve preferred a constant aperture type lens in the f/5.6 range bit of using on the A9 it probably won’t make much difference given the firmware update V5 to use hybrid PDAF down to f/16.
 
iiiNelson

iiiNelson

Well-known member
pegelli said:
For me the 600/4 is a bit out of my price range (understatement of the week), but if the 200-600 is as good as the 100-400 I can see one in my future. The price is a bit more than the Tamron/Sigma equivalents but not needing an adapter and having a native lens is worth something extra. And putting it on an A6x00 will add reach without dropping the MP-count.

I'm sure Canon and Nikon (and Panasonic) will react, they can't let this one go by unnoticed. Interesting times :)
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Yeah as much as I wouldn’t mind adding some of these telephoto primes, I’d have a hard time justifying the $25,000 between the 400mm and 600mm lenses. They look outstanding but realistically I’d probably just be adding the 200-600 along with the 70-200 for telephoto needs.
 
doug

doug

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The 600mm f/4 is probably more lens than I'm willing to carry meaning it would be limited to use in or near the camper... and I'd be constantly fretting about security when I leave it in the camper to go on a longer hike. It might end up in my tool box but I'd have preferred a PF-type 600mm f/5.6 lens. The Nikon PF lenses are quite tempting, particularly with a Z7 and FTZ adapter.
 
iiiNelson

iiiNelson

Well-known member
doug said:
The 600mm f/4 is probably more lens than I'm willing to carry meaning it would be limited to use in or near the camper... and I'd be constantly fretting about security when I leave it in the camper to go on a longer hike. It might end up in my tool box but I'd have preferred a PF-type 600mm f/5.6 lens. The Nikon PF lenses are quite tempting, particularly with a Z7 and FTZ adapter.
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Yeah I've always have been of the opinion that a 400/4, 500/5.6, and 600/5.6 made more sense to start with. Probably would sell many more too when they’re priced at 20-33% of the faster variants.
 
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freaklikeme

Member
pegelli said:
For me the 600/4 is a bit out of my price range (understatement of the week), but if the 200-600 is as good as the 100-400 I can see one in my future. The price is a bit more than the Tamron/Sigma equivalents but not needing an adapter and having a native lens is worth something extra. And putting it on an A6x00 will add reach without dropping the MP-count.

I'm sure Canon and Nikon (and Panasonic) will react, they can't let this one go by unnoticed. Interesting times :)
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It's the same MSRP as the Sigma Sport 150-600, which I believe was intentional.
 
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