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Originally posted by shardulm please post unprocessed images if you have any. or please point me too an existing set. Been through the reviews and looks it got a bad rap for pf.
I am one of the Bad Rappers! I actually had a member contact me and tell me to change my review! But I stand by it and should revise it to mention the crappy focus and clink at both stop ranges if you manually focus it.
I took it on a local Safari and here's how it performed. Many pictures out of focus. I particularly shot a lot of pictures of the birds on the three limb. the dappled sunlight coming threw was absolutely beautiful. Even though I tried different settings, I was unable to capture it without blown highlights. This is where the purple fringing comes into play. Anything you shoot that has contrast against a light sky or white background and you will notice it.
I would buy the zoom or start looking at other brands. The auto focus only focuses intermittently, so you would probably miss your wildlife shot. I am only using Zeiss lenses now, sure its manual focus but the build and image quality are second to none.
The DA* has been a thousand dollar disappointment, and if this steams anyone under the collar, send me a grand and I would gladly send you this lens. It's like new only used a few times.
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I would buy this.
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