Gave this lens a work out the other day, leaving my Ltd's at home. This was not my intended use for this lens, but i thought i'd give it a chance at least. I find the results OK, but not any more, kinda like a kitlens. I guess im really spoiled by Ltd's. In every other aspect its a great lens to have as a single zoom, on day to day trips with the family leaving the camera bag at home.
So this set was taken purely to see how it would work where i use my Ltd's. Looking for sharpness, contrast, colors. They are all PP'ed to my liking and my taste, wich i think makes sence.
There is no sharpening at all though, and the pictures look softer than they are because of Photobucket.
There is also vignetting added to many of the pictures, because i like it. So dont faint when looking at them. Thats my taste of PP.
Dont see the need to post clean Jpeg's from RAW. We want to see the end result dont we?
So... starting of at 135mm.
This was shot on tripod at f8. The soft corners are visible here.
also 135mm at f8, this is more of an isolated subject shot.
53mm at f8
60mm at f6,3
The rest is at 18-20 from f8 to f10. Here we also se the soft corners and that they never catch up regarding sharpness. I however find the WA results OK.
Shooting candids with the lens is however much better, the colors, clarity, bokeh and isolated sharpness i great to have in combination with the range and AF. Great for family stuff Imho.
Again. Potential byers must ask themselves if its all worth the price tag.
Last edited by the swede; 04-26-2011 at 06:58 AM.