Image of the New 100-400?

[Don Haines]

Would it not be a DO lens and so smaller?

A DO lens would be shorter... the width would remain the same.

 

[docsmith]

No red ring....this is nothing.....

Plus...seems too small for the 100-400L....

 

[KyleSTL]

No red ring....this is nothing.....

Plus...seems too small for the 100-400L....

+1

a99 + 70-200mm seems almost definitely the combo (although a3000 or a58 could be possibilities since they are the only other two Sony cameras with white 'a' logos on the front - although that's probably unlikely):

Especially considering the small orange-red glow to the right of the lens mount in the OP (either the alignment dot or the orange lens mount in the case of the a99).

 

[mackguyver]

Must be a slow day in rumorville...

 

[Kwanon]

Haha, it is that Sony combo =)

You can see that it read s sony and you can see the alpha sign and the silver thing where the neck strap goes and it is obviously that lens =)

 

[ScottyP]

I don't know about the lens but that is definitely a Bigfoot holding the camera.

 

[Loswr]

I don't know about the lens but that is definitely a Bigfoot holding the camera.

Probably taking pictures of the Loch Ness Monster in a swimming pool. I'm beginning to think we'll see that scenario occur before we see an updated 100-400L...

 

[RGomezPhotos]

Must be a slow day in rumorville...

I know. Right? It's a Sony.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

It looks like the Sony 70-200mm: http://www.juzaphoto.com/recensione.php?l=it&t=sony_70-200_f2-8

+1

+1

it doesn't look like a Canon styled lens at all

 

[lonelyspeck]

It's an adapted Minolta 80-200 f/2.8 as seen here: http://kenrockwell.com/minolta/maxxum/80-200mm-f28.htm

 

[KyleSTL]

It's an adapted Minolta 80-200 f/2.8 as seen here: http://kenrockwell.com/minolta/maxxum/80-200mm-f28.htm

The flange distance for Konica-Minolta is only 0.5mm longer than EF. No chance of mount adapter for that without losing infinity focus. You could change out the mount itself to EF, but it would still be a manual focus lens with no aperture control (wide-open only). I can't see anyone with a press pass to photograph the World Series doing that.

*UPDATE 2*

Another suggestion from a man who knows everything about lenses. He thinks it’s a “28-300 with filter barrel removed”.

So Roger think it's a modified 28-300mm. Any pictures online of such a beast? Any reason given for why one would modify it as such?

Game 2 picture from the gigapan - same guy (hard to tell since his face is obscured, but he's in the same area as Game 1)? If so, he's a Canon shooter, as that is the 200-400mm f/4L.

 

[emag]

It's the new RokSamBow 325mm pinhole lens with optical stabilization and integraged 2XTC.

 

[bradfordswood]

All,

I know the photographer. It's a Sony camera and lens.

 

[bigwillystyle]

It has to be a Sony. you can kind of tell the orange full frame lens mount
its very similiar to the 70-200 2.8 APO SSM G with no hood and no tripod collar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjgg/8035314039#
and
http://sonyalphalab.com/product-review/sony-70-200mm-f2-8-apo-gd-ssm-lens-hands-on-review/
and
http://www.vistaview360.com/cameras/sony70-200_f28.htm

also looks like there is an 1.4x teleconverter. you can see another white barrel behind the orange dot.