Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $270.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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a benjamin cheaper than the af-s, pretty sharp from f2.8 onward on APS-C
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Cons:
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way too soft at 1.4, cheap plasticy quality
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Price is no genius...optics aren't overly great or suck either
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Sigma 28-70mm f2.8-4 High Speed Zoom
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $90.00
| Rating: 3
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Pros:
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Very light, very small, cheap to replace if it breaks, acceptable performance by 4.5/5.6
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Cons:
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2.8-4.0 unusable, because simply way too soft
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Horrible zoom lens for less than a benjamin. Focussing is pretty fast.
Wide Open Aperture is simply not usable and the Corners and edges are downright devastating and feel like pictures made with a little compact digital camera.
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Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $170.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Extremely sharp already wide open both at 24mm and 85mm, Vignetting at widest aperture, pincushion abberation
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Cons:
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champagner silver looks ridiculous on my 5D, little plasticy, simply not a strong light-giver, minimum focussing distance at 0.5m not always enough
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Completely sharp. Great Bokeh
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Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC MACRO
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Great! Sharp! From widest aperture on.
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Cons:
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4.5 on 70mm on crop? not alot of bokeh left...vignetting, which i don't mind about
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I still had the non-HSM Version. Focussing wasn't loud, just a little slower. Sharp lens and great Zoom range. Good for the price!
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Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 EX DC
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharp throughout from 2.8 onward. Extreme Corners become sharpest from f/4 onward.
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Cons:
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All apertures are completely usable except 50mm f/2.8, extreme corners, extreme sunlight
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After a year of daily hourlong use, the rubber ring started getting a little loose. But this really only happens on extreme occasions with more than just over-average usage.
Probably the best lens i ever had for my D90. It's HSM was incredible.
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Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 EX Aspherical
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Review Date: Jun 10, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Large Aperture, Solidly Built, Actually feels like you have something in your hand, Image quality, Darn sharp from f/4 onward, sharp at f/2.8 and 28mm
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Cons:
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tad soft at f/2.8 and 70mm, becomes sharp only after f/4.0
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Was pretty satisfied with this lens. Corners were sharp. Sweetspot effect due to use on my 30D.
My first Front focus sigma (by 2mm when 3 Meters away)
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Sigma 28mm f1.8 EX DG Aspherical Macro
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Sharp from 1.8 up, Nice EX Finish, Very bulky and strong build, exact focus
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Cons:
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Weird AF/MF Switch needs getting used to
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Seriously. I got this for 160 Euros.
I used it on my Crop D90. Images were always sharp no matter what aperture I used.
The macro feature is great. I could focus on objects that where only 5 cm away from the front lens. That's a whole lot better than any other lenses I have had up to now.
The AF/MF switch is a little weird and takes some getting used to. It was supposed to be Sigma's approach to the USM-full-manual-focus idea, but is basicly an epic fail. But if you've figured it out, it's not a big problem at all.
The filter size of 77mm is a standard among good lenses, especially the professional line-ups of Nikon and Canon. So no problem there.
I did have some focussing issues, as I was simply not aware that 1.8 had such little depth of field. Would be interesting to find out how this lens performs on a full-frame. The center image quality I can assure you, is absolutely outstand
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