Durf said:
It's almost comical seeing all the well known youtubers gather to play with this lens for a while!
Sony knows what they are doing there. The A7 platform is principally an enthusiast-fueled phenomenon. It makes perfect sense for them to rope in known youtubers, vloggers, bloggers, etc. that enthusiasts watch/read to give this a go as the first 'critical' take.
The wildcard, of course, is that very few of these folks have a wildlife/sports background. So having a (for instance) Kai Wong being amazed at ripping off 20 fps with this thing isn't going to get a birder, safari or sports shooter to snap it up.
So I'm curious to see how they rope in more serious hobbyists/pros
that these lenses were designed for. There's no way to get a respected Canon-using or Nikon-using gear influencer to give this a fair shot without somewhat turning this into a referendum on the A7/A9 platform as a whole, which puts Sony in the negative (at least, at first) as these folks will have to fight through the new platform's handling, AF, controls, etc. before they can speak to the virtues of the lens.
- A