gustabod
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Registered: Aug 5, 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Jul 30, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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very useful general purpose range, the OS does work well, good contrast, fast focusing, a one lens solution
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Cons:
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expected distortion at the wide end, softness in corners, some CA when wide open
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ok, I'll be first then. My wife has the old non-OS version on her XTi, and on occasions when we have been out together (like travelling) she has managed to get decent shots, while I fumbled changing lenses and lost the opportunity. And this, in my opinion, is what this lens is about: practicality.
It allows general purpose, daytime, outdoor or well lit indoor shooting hand held. The results are adequate for record shots and I would even consider printing to 12 x 8 and framing some of the results I got.
Pixel peepers and "L'prime sharpness addicts look elsewhere, and pay heaps more. Equally this lens is imho more suitable to consumer DSLR's than pro models, effectively a very good and handy travel or one does all lens (eg family shots) and a worthy upgrade to a kit lens, particularly for Canon and Nikon users where you don't get in body SR.
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