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gerrit p
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Registered: Jun 10, 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Mar 16, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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good quality for the price paid.
selective focus with the lens wide open.
fast focus
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the corners need closing the aperture, but when used as a lens for reportage is not a big issue.
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got the lens fot my 10D, it is one of the lenses that fits very well with this camera; its almost a standard lens, but a little bit on the wide side; perfect for reportage.
Focussing is accurate and the sharpness is good.
There is some CA in the corners, but it has no L price, so the quality is OK for me.
With the 1Ds mark II this lens is fantastic, less CA than with the 10D and can be used almost wide open!
One of my favourites, because it has less weight than the L lenses and a very good quality.
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 Mar 16, 2005
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Kurt Jones
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Registered: Oct 19, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 5052
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Review Date: May 16, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $270.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Fast apeture and pretty fast AF performance. color and contrast was pretty darn good too
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a bit soft wide open, but not too bad. Edges are worse, but I'm using it on mkII's so the 1.3x helps there. Build is ok.
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Just picked up this lens for use in my Aquatech DV-3 water housing.
The lens is OK wide open if you're shooting things up close and fill the frame.
A few wide shots I did at 1.8 Sucked !!!!
I'll be using this baby at 5.6 or 8, so I'm not too worried, as it performed very well stopped down beyond 4ish....
Feels a bit flimsy and plasticy, but for the money I paid for it, it'll do it's job just fine.
Color and contrast were petty good.
I'm happy with the $$$ : Performance ratio....
Kurt
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May 16, 2004
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sirhaas
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Registered: Mar 9, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 25
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Review Date: Apr 3, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $350.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Fairly sharp, handles OK, fast aperture.
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Cons:
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Sometimes "soft" at the edges.
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When I used this lens on my EOS film camera, I always thought it was just a little soft in the corners. Now that I use it on a D30 I don’t find it quite so soft, I guess that must be because of the 1.6x crop factor. Sharpness and contrast is comparable to my 50mm f1.4 as well as the overall build and handling. Makes an excellent normal lens on my D30.
I also owned the Canon 28mm f2.8 some years back. I find the biggest difference between the two is that the f1.8 handles a lot better with the USM focus. The faster f1.8 aperture also comes in handy for me in some situations, although I usually shoot at around f4-f8.
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Apr 3, 2003
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Jack Flesher
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Registered: Oct 23, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 3489
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Review Date: Apr 1, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $225.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Fast f-stop
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Cons:
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Build quality and so-so optical performanc wide open.
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For what it is, it's a fine lens. Performance improves when stopped down to around f5.6, but below that it suffers in the corners -- but then again, I'm picky...
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Apr 1, 2003
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