Originally posted by luftfluss
Anyway, I think the OP is conflating commenting on weight with complaining about it.
There is no way I can comment on all the responses - and i truly appreciate them all.
However, let me elucidate. I'm not conflating commenting on weight with complaining about weight. The instances I take objection to are the reviews that list weight as a con (contrary quality). In other words, weight is one reason this lens should be de-rated, like there are so many similarly specified lenses that are way lighter.
Imagine buying a mirror then saying that the fact it's shiny is a negative. A mirror must be shiny and you buy it because you need it to reflect and it has to be shiny to do that. A 300/2.8 must be heavy. You buy one because you need it's optical qualities and holding it's weight against it by listing weight as a contrary quality is a bit inane as it can't be any thing else but heavy.
Weight is not a drawback to any given 300/2.8, it's a fact of their existence. It's fine to mention in your discussion of such a lens that you find it heavy, but to suggest there is something wrong with it (list it's weight as a "con") because it's heavy is - more than a bit whiny, it's silly,
Maybe for some I'm not getting my point across
In any case, I'm over whelmed with all the responses here.
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Originally posted by Apet-Sure
I'll take that 300/2.8 off your hands if you want to gift it to me for Christmas to lighten your load.

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