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Short note on the Zeiss FE 24-70mm shipment in USA. While the lens is already shipping in Asian stores US readers will have to wait til end February to get their lens (Source: BHphoto and Sony Store US). Today Amazon US (Click here) removed the February 2 shipment estimation and now it simply says “Currently unavailable”. To get the lens now you can let them ship from Asia to US or Europe [shoplink 24172 ebay]via eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. but you pay some $$$ extra for this privilege.
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Any English speaking reviews on the 2470?
It never was Feb 2. Amazon just made that up. The real photo stores have always said End Of February from the very beginning and if you talk to them they don’t anticipate them until March. It’s just like the A7/A7R – the Western Hemisphere gets it a month after Asia.
Sony called me yesterday and informed me, that the lens will be shipped about end of February instead of the February 28, as my order confirmation said.
They collected the money with my order 4 weeks sago 🙁
I’m not really sure what you mean. Sony USA and other online retailers besides Amazon had February 2 as well. Sony USA just recently updated to February 20th.
Sorry, my reply should have been under the previous post.
Is this lens really a telescoping lens when zoomed in? That would be real unfortunate! I hope it’s like the kit lens which stays the same length regardless of how zoomed it is. Does anyone know for sure?
Out of curiosity, why is this important? Would you base a buying decision on this?
Yes, it extends. You can see it in the slrclub review, which was posted two days ago.
The online HongKong based { i assume } Panamoz has the 24-70mm F4 in stock
http://panamoz.com/index.php/digital-cameras/sony/sony-sel2470z-fe-24-70mm-f-4-za-oss-vario-tessar-t-lens.html
I have bought a few hard to get items from them over the years good service, decent delivery times and quite often you can save a few bob.
Will that UK warranty get you service in the USA?
I think the sell worldwide
That’s a different question. My question is if a UK warranty, which is what you get when you buy from Panamoz, will be honored by Sony USA. Some camera companies do not honor the warranties if you buy from another country.
I don’t see any written indication of them shipping internationally, so one needs to contact them. The warranty is quite probably not going to work in the US, but it is possible that the shop will allow the camera to be returned to them. That needs to be confirmed too though.
Hi Jay , Sorry , I meant that I assumed they posted worldwide with the respective warranties for each area. Though as Vlad says there is no mention of other locations where they post.The warranty though UK based { a courier picks it up from you does what needs done and returns it back to you } I suspect that it is a return to seller warranty. I have not needed to use their warranty services but there is good feedback on various forums about folk who have.Sorry for mixing things up.
Some of the savings for UK based shopers are huge not so much for you folks in the USA.As an example the Sony RX1R:
UK £2374
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Sony/Sony-Compact-Cameras/Sony-Cyber-shot-RX1R
Panamoz £1320 using direct payment
http://panamoz.com/index.php/digital-cameras/sony/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx1r-digital-camera.html
a £1000 saving is not to be sneezed at,
Hm, too bad there’s no Nikon mount version on sale. Want to stick to using 1 lens booster ;P
Why do that, get a faster 24-70mm F2.8 or 24-105mm F4 Nikon mount lens.
A telescopic lens, also open on the bottom, pump effect, I do not like this solution. the sensor gets dirty quickly.
Bolivar