I seem's the first to dare the lens deduct Rating. Undoubtedly, there is a major product - quality materials and excellent workmanship. Super Fast (and super quiet) autofocus, lightweight, ... Unter'm stroke counts but what comes as a product - Picture / EUR! In the imaging performance, the Sony could not stand against a 15 year old Minolta AF 75-300 !! At the Sony Alpha 700, the Minolta Relic nose had reached in terms of imaging performance clearly ahead - in Puncto purchase price anyway. Very well preserved Minolta do you get to 1/6 of the Sony-G. Who has to take on little things like purchase price and price / performance no consideration which reach quiet about this excellent lens from Sony; the other ... - ...