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Getting a Sony Alpha sometime (hopefully by the end of the year). Should I get it with kit lens or use my old film camera lens from 1985 and buy the Carl Zeiss 16-80 f/3.5-4.5 when it comes out?

tl;dr: Is the Sony Alpha kit lens good, and does the quality of Carl Zeiss justify an extra $500?

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