Here's my first impression of this lens as it finally arrived today. It's a really excellent lens for US$200. Though sharpness aren't as good as the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, but the bokeh is better^^ Can't do a compare with the Tamron as it should be in Japan now for calibration, but I'll do a compare with marcusyoung's Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 & K20D when I'm free.^^
Here are some f2.8@60mm shots out of K10D JPEG.
No USM or color correction, just resized & framed
At 100% crop
No USM or color correction, just resized and framed, like the bokeh? A little under cos forgot to EV+1 on flash^^;
No USM or color correction, 50% cropped, resized and framed under warm light.
Edit:
After smart sharpen and a little color correction
Last edited by zeek10d; 09-16-2008 at 08:25 PM.