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    Be careful with the B&H pre-order link on TDP... it takes you to the version I and shows it in stock. Edit: Seems to be fixed now.

    Anyone see anything that shows when this will be available.

    I want to see the results from the first brave sole to order this. Hopefully it is a good lens.

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    Last edited by conropl; 09-15-2014 at 03:40 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by conropl View Post

    Anyone see anything that shows when this will be available.

    November 2014, according to B&H.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kayaker72 View Post
    November 2014, according to B&H.
    Thanks.

    This one is interesting. Not sure if it is worth the price at f/4, but with high ISO capable cameras now days... maybe. I hope we see some pictures soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by conropl View Post
    This one is interesting. Not sure if it is worth the price at f/4, but with high ISO capable cameras now days... maybe. I hope we see some
    pictures soon.
    If you haven't tried the old version of this lens, you probably don't understand the value of this lens. I enjoyed an Alaska cruise with it in 2012, no tripod, no monopod, no arm pain, etc. And due to the specific nature of the CA in this lens, it takes a 1.4x TC exceptionally well IMHO. It's filled with helium or something...as Roger @ LensRentals describes it, it's the 400 you can handhold (because the 400/5.6 is non-IS, and the 400/2.8 is ~twice the weight). Now that the 400DO/II gets a little lighter (let's face it, vII always gets lighter by 10-26%) and gets a 'current-gen' IS unit with 4 stops of correction, it's going to be a screamer IMO.

    Update: only a $400 price increment for the new version? Now we're really talking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by peety3 View Post
    If you haven't tried the old version of this lens, you probably don't understand the value of this lens. I enjoyed an Alaska cruise with it in 2012, no tripod, no monopod, no arm pain, etc. And due to the specific nature of the CA in this lens, it takes a 1.4x TC exceptionally well IMHO. It's filled with helium or something...as Roger @ LensRentals describes it, it's the 400 you can handhold (because the 400/5.6 is non-IS, and the 400/2.8 is ~twice the weight). Now that the 400DO/II gets a little lighter (let's face it, vII always gets lighter by 10-26%) and gets a 'current-gen' IS unit with 4 stops of correction, it's going to be a screamer IMO.

    Update: only a $400 price increment for the new version? Now we're really talking.
    My bigger concern is the "version I" reputation... not so much the weight (I do not have a problem carrying a tripod around). I need to see samples to make sure past problems of bad contrast and bokeh (to name a couple) are a thing of the past.
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    Quote Originally Posted by conropl View Post
    My bigger concern is the "version I" reputation.
    Have seen this lens in the field a few of times. On every occasion it was being used by Paparazzi and they were adding/removing extenders as needed. I somehow don't see these guys being interested in a quality image, just range an weight.
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