70-300L

120-300/2.8

70-300L

120-300/2.8

35/1.4 Samyang

35/1.4 Sigma

35/1.4 Samyang

35/1.4 Sigma


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh decisions.
I can probably console myself with the 70-300L being more "walkaround", which I do a lot when birdhunting. Although i would very much like a 300/2.8, and if that 300/2.8 comes in black with an extra 120-299mm as well, then maybe I might have to sell my first and only L to upgrade.

As for Sigma vs Samyang. hmmm. The Samyang is great, great IQ, but I bought mine 2nd hand after a fall, it still works great but it's got its quirks. I was contemplating if I could palm it off to someone and get a new (or better-used) one for less than $100 out-of-pocket then I might consider doing that one day in the future. Now i've got this to consider too, if the IQ beats or very-nears the Samyang, and has AF (even dodgy Sigma AF is enough, mostly it'll hyperfocal on MF anyway), then this is worth contemplating too. So's the new Schneider Kreuznach 35/1.4, but that's going to probably be MF and in Zeiss-Preiss territory.