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I admit it. It was a mistake. I have no one else to blame.

The 28-70 arrived at my local dealer today. They received all their pre-orders and a few more.

I had dropped in to discuss trading in a lens, and I tried the new one on an A9 III. Big mistake. Huge mistake.

It's extremely fast to focus, and sharp as I can see, even at f/2.

I was meant to have a shoot this afternoon, but had to call it off because of the weather. So maybe I could say it was a moment of weakness. After all, I'd already decided that I didn't want this lens, right? OK, I had worked out that I could afford it after getting a decent trade in on my A1. But...

Anyway now I own one. I have a shoot coming up on Friday, so I'll have a chance to try it out. Looking forward to it. Might take it out for a bit of a play tomorrow. It's not replacing a 24-70 f/2.8 - I haven't owned a 24-70 in maybe 14 years? I did get the 20-70 early last year.

Has anyone else succumbed to its siren song?

<blockquote data-quote="AlphaWorld" data-source="post: 66069" data-attributes="member: 2525">I admit it. It was a mistake. I have no one else to blame.The 28-70 arrived at my local dealer today. They received all their pre-orders and a few more.I had dropped in to discuss trading in a lens, and I tried the new one on an A9 III. Big mistake. Huge mistake.It&#039;s extremely fast to focus, and sharp as I can see, even at f/2. I was meant to have a shoot this afternoon, but had to call it off because of the weather. So maybe I could say it was a moment of weakness. After all, I&#039;d already decided that I didn&#039;t want this lens, right? OK, I had worked out that I could afford it after getting a decent trade in on my A1. But...Anyway now I own one. I have a shoot coming up on Friday, so I&#039;ll have a chance to try it out. Looking forward to it. Might take it out for a bit of a play tomorrow. It&#039;s not replacing a 24-70 f/2.8 - I haven&#039;t owned a 24-70 in maybe 14 years? I did get the 20-70 early last year. Has anyone else succumbed to its siren song?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlphaWorld, post: 66069, member: 2525"] I admit it. It was a mistake. I have no one else to blame. The 28-70 arrived at my local dealer today. They received all their pre-orders and a few more. I had dropped in to discuss trading in a lens, and I tried the new one on an A9 III. Big mistake. Huge mistake. It's extremely fast to focus, and sharp as I can see, even at f/2. I was meant to have a shoot this afternoon, but had to call it off because of the weather. So maybe I could say it was a moment of weakness. After all, I'd already decided that I didn't want this lens, right? OK, I had worked out that I could afford it after getting a decent trade in on my A1. But... Anyway now I own one. I have a shoot coming up on Friday, so I'll have a chance to try it out. Looking forward to it. Might take it out for a bit of a play tomorrow. It's not replacing a 24-70 f/2.8 - I haven't owned a 24-70 in maybe 14 years? I did get the 20-70 early last year. Has anyone else succumbed to its siren song? [/QUOTE]

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