Quote: I think the problem is Rog that it is a) a new lens to the range and therefore not everyone will be stocking it, because b) it's a G SSM and will be seen as 'Pro' or 'Semi-Pro'
Not sure about that, popped into Jessops at lunchtime to pick up a lowepro slingshot 200 (they were %180 of prices in AP, decided to mail order instead!)
Anyway they had a 70-300G on the shelf, which was weird as this store has hardly any Sony and no A700, not sure someone spending £299 on an A200 would drop £579 on the new lens!
In any case, not really that "pro" if its in Jessops...