New Member Registered: March, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 21 | | Review Date: March 20, 2007 | Recommended | Price: $170.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Good optical quality. Good focal length range . Very light. | | Cons: | Cheap built. | |
I bought this lens new, from a dealer in Germany a month ago. My first feeling was a good deal of suspicion, bur it works very well with my K10D.
It’s reasonably sharp even at F/4 over the whole focal length range. Color is good. AF is fast and accurate. To sum it up: A great lens for the money (130 €)
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Senior Member Registered: October, 2006 Location: Masachusetts Posts: 243 | | Review Date: March 4, 2007 | Recommended
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Light, good focal length range for walkaroune with the digital cameras | | Cons: | Not the most solidly built lens I've ever seen | |
This is a nice, light lens with a handy range for everyday use with the digital cameras. It ranges from close to normal to a medium telephoto.
Seems sharp enough, performs best stopped down a step or two. AF is fast and accurate.
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Senior Member Registered: November, 2006 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 115 | | Review Date: February 4, 2007 | Recommended | Price: $100.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Fast AF, light | | Cons: | not as sharp wide open | |
I used this lens for over a year. I should not have sold it  the Tamron 28-75 replaced it in my bag.
However, the FA28-70 is much lighter and smaller than Tamron and at above F/5.6 is just as good.
My copy was in great cosmetic and physical condition. But, this lens has a bad reputation. Some of the internal elements tend to separate prematurely | |
Forum Member Registered: January, 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 80 | | Review Date: January 15, 2007 | Recommended
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Ligtweight, durable | | Cons: | No real negatives | |
I used this lens on my MZ10 for many years, and despite me dropping it on its nose at about a week old it never failed me.
I have recently been playing around with this on my K200 and I am pleased with the results, the focusing is a little slower than the 18-55 kit lens but the slightly longer length is what i've been wanting and for that it's been brilliant. raised my score to reflect current use. | |
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