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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
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Review Date: Jul 15, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $170.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Price, High IQ
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Cons:
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Non-Metal Mount
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Here's my review:
Optics
UP: Very Sharp, Contrasty even at wide apertures, well controlled CAs, good neutral colors.
DOWN: obvious barrel distortions at 18mm
Handling
UP: Very fast auto-focusing, IS works, Accurate focusing doesn't hunt, the plastic zoom barrel is well damped, improved rubber zoom barrel,
DOWN: Focusing barrel wobbles a bit, focus barrel moves while focusing.
Build
UP: LENS MADE IN JAPAN, nice crinkle finish.
DOWN: ALL PLASTIC.
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Recommendations:
Hear this CANON next time you release another version of this.
1. Must have a metal mount.
2. No distortions
3. USM/FTM/Scale-distance window
4. Fixed focus barrel
5. Still Low Price
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Tamron AF 28-75MM F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
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Review Date: Feb 5, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $399.00
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Pin sharp @ f/4.0 to f/22
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Cons:
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extremely soft and unusable @ f/2.8, f3.2 & f/3.5!!!
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Here's my review
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Been using this lens for a year on a 20D body.
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Optics:
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28mm @ f/2.8 to f/22 = excellent sharpness
50mm @ f/2.8 to f/3.5 = SOFT & unusable!!!
60mm @ f/2.8 to f/3.5 = SOFT & unusable!!!
75mm @ f/2.8 to f/3.5 = SOFT & unusable!!!
From f/4.0 to f22.00 at all focal length, it has an excellent sharpness nice bokeh even at f/4.0.
You wonder how sharp? if you have a CANON 50mm 1.8 @ f/2.8 that's what you get with this Tamron at f/4.0 all the way to f/22.
At f/2.8 to f/22 settings this lens shines only at 28mm ALL SHARP!!!
as for all focal lengths f/4.0 is your best bet!!! wider than that you'll get soft unusable images--except for 28mm.
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Handling:
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good metal mount
nice zoom lock
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Tamron AF 24-135MM F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical (IF) Macro
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Review Date: Jun 18, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $399.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Optically Sharp, Contrasty Lens, Produces nice colors, Aluminum alloy Barrel & Build Quality
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Cons:
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NONE
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Here's my review: Tamron 24-135mm SP
Just plain common sense and feel. Tested on 20D EOS body.
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Results
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Optics:
1. Sharp all the way! Sharpest aperture is f/5.6
2. Contrasty.
3. Very good color reproduction.
4. You might ask how sharp? If you have a CANON 50mm f1.8 it's just like that. I compared the pictures myself.
5. NOT SOFT!
6. Better and far sharper than CANON 18-55mm kit lens [ which is soft ]
Handling:
1. Aluminum alloy barrel
2. Nice Zoom lock
3. Metal mount
4. AF speed is fast
5. AF doesn't hunt [ on my 20D ], it just focuses right there where you point to. [vertical and horizontal]
6. The lens is like a "ROCK" very solid. [ It's metal ]
7. I don't mind the STIFFNESS. [ zoom barrel ]
8. Made in Japan
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