snapsy wrote: rji2goleez wrote: snapsy wrote: rji2goleez wrote:
Got home, opened the box and mounted the lens. It doesn't look good. AF on AF-S is no problem at any aperture at 24mm. At 105mm, it achieves critical focus at f/4. At f/8 it appears to try to get to critical focus but 'settles' at a point that is out of focus. I can see the AF very briefly 'flash' at the critical focus point but then falls back to yield an out of focus result. I don't even need to take the image as I can see all of this in the viewfinder.
The brief moment you see it in focus is while the lens is still at f/4 during the AF cycle. Once the aperture is returned back to f/8 for the "Live View Settings ON" preview you get the sad truth
Yeah, it's a bummer. I sold my 24-70/2.8 too. Nonetheless, this lens will go back to B&H. Good thing I still have my Contax 35-70/3.4. I was looking forward to taking the 24-105mm on the road next week.
True . . . and of course, MF works just fine and this lens doesn't seem to hard to use that way.
You can still take it with you but will need to focus using AF-C, and also take a few photos each time to make up for the lower consistency of AF-C focusing. Then you can return it and hopefully get a good copy.
Feb 02, 2018 at 03:27 PM
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