Originally posted by egordon99 Well, did you get what you paid for? Are YOU happy with the lens? I'm considering swapping my Tamron 28-75mm with the 16-50mm (to pair with the 50-135mm which is great!)
You got the 50-135mm and complained about the pictures you were getting even though they were clearly operator error. Are you understanding exposure better?
So what's your verdict on the 16-50mm?
Actually, you will need to point me to the thread where I complained about the 50-135...I have had nothing but praise for that lens...That lens is worth every penny....As far as understanding exposer better, YES..Thanks to the good folks here...
I have the same tamron 28-75 F2.8 and I would not trade it in for the 16-50mm....In fact the Tamron 28-75 F2.8 is my most used lens....
As for my 16-50mm, right now my own personal opinion is that for a person like me who is an amateur hobbiest, I would not have bought this lens...What attracted me to it was the short side...16mm as opposed to 28mm, but right now I can honestly say that I have been using my kit lens 18mm-55mm and it is doing a better job...Why? at least for me because it focuses properly on both ends and I get pretty sharp pics from it...
Here is my opinion on lenses in general...and again this is coming from an amateur hobbiest... When I buy a lens, I put on my camera body and expect it to work and give me good pictures...Should I have to know what exposer is and ISO and shutter priority etc, etc for this to happen?
Example...One of my first lenses was a Tamron 28-80mm lens that I bought new for $80.00... Very soft pictures and very slow...I got what I paid for...
My next lens was a 70-300mm sigma that I bought for $145.00...Great lens, sharp all the way through... I them bought the same 70-300mm sigma APO and what an awesome lens...I paid $210.00..Sharp on both ends...The next lens was the sigma 135-400 apo that I paid 555.00 and was amazed at its sharpness on both ends...I wanted a spare long lens so I bought a Phoienix 100-400mm lens for $210.00 and what a piece of junk...Soft everyplace but at 100-150...I got what I paid for...So I bought a bigma and that was pretty good, but not as sharp as the 135-400, but that is to be expected and I knew it, but for a 50-500mm its pretty darn good....I have also bought a Tamron 28-300 and it is pretty good with an ISO bump...The tamron 18-250 works great all the way through straight out of the box...I also have a sigma 28-300mm zoom that is a paper weight now...Junk (I have exchanged it twice already and same junk) So all in all I have bought 18 lenses this year...
So my verdict on the 16-50mm is
Is If have to know how exposer works in order for an 800.00 lens to work, then it should be used as a fishing weight...