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Sony 500mm f/4 G SSM Lens Announced - Sony has announced the new 500mm f/4 G SSM Alpha Mount lens for use with Sony Alpha Digital SLRs or SLT cameras.
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Sony has announced the new Sony 500mm f/4 G SSM Alpha mount lens, with a dust and moisture resistant design and bright f/4.0 aperture it is compatible with the 1.4x (AF/MF) and 2x (MF) telconverters. The lens gives the equivalent of 750mm on an APS-C camera such as the Sony Alpha A65 or A77, is available from late March and will be built to order.
Sony 500mm f/4 G SSM Lens Features:
- Longest-ever focal length G Lens from Sony
- Bright F4.0 aperture for superior light gathering
- Nano AR Coating on optical surfaces for flawless still images and HD video
- Compatible with SteadyShot INSIDE featured in all α cameras
- New SSM drive circuit for quick, accurate autofocus
- Rugged dust- and moisture-resistant design: ideal partner for SLT-A77
- Enhanced handling and operability
Sony 500mm F4 G SSM SAL500F40G Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sony | |
| General | ||
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| Lens | ||
| Focal Length | 500mm | |
| Angle of View | No Data | |
| Max Aperture | f/4 | |
| Min Aperture | f/32 | |
| Filter Size | No Data | |
| 35mm equivalent | 750mm | |
| Internal focusing | No Data | |
| Focusing | ||
| Min Focus | 400cm | |
| Stabilised | No | |
| Construction | ||
| Elements | 11 | |
| Groups | 10 | |
| Box Contents | ||
| Box Contents | No Data | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Weight | 3460g | |
| Width | 367.5mm | |
| Height | 140mm | |
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"built to order" ! Hardly a ringing endorsement of their product and probably makes it twice as expensive as it need be. This is the 21st century...we mass produce things...don't we? To think it was the Japanese who taught European manufacturers that lesson decades ago.
yes, bit of a disappointment that, just means I cannot go and have a "play" with one in Park Cameras !
Quote: This is the 21st century...we mass produce things...don't we?
Why would you mass produce something that very few Sony users will ever need or even want?
If what you wanted was a 500mm f4 lens, then just buy a Nikon body and a Nikon 500mm f4 for £3,000 less than this and just use the Nikon body with this lens.
Even if Sony mass produced theirs, it wouldn't knock £3,000 off the price! But really, if you wanted top line esoteric lenses like this, you wouldn't buy a Sony camera would you?
The best use I can think of for this is to mount it on a Nex (can you? I don't know anything about Sony cameras) and then screw the combination to a tripod using the camera tripod bush......and watch the lens rip the mount off the camera and slowly fall to the ground.
A great Mr bean sequence 
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