Mark
]]>Some years down the road my original Q was rendered inoperative due to a swollen battery that could not be removed. I replaced it with a Q7, which I had assumed would be more or less the same image quality as the original. I was quite wrong - the Q7 is significantly better than the Q. Even though it is still a very tiny sensor, the Q7 has almost 50% more surface area, and I guess that makes the difference. But by then I had moved onto focus stacking with APS-C or full frame sensors, and was not much interested in the Q mount for macro.
I do take the Q7 with me when traveling and still love the system.
]]>I think you’ll be very pleased with this lens. I have owned two copies and both performed very well on crop sensor bodies - its a sharp, solid and very affordable 400mm f5.6.
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