New Member Registered: December, 2016 Posts: 22
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| | Review Date: October 30, 2017 | Recommended | Price: $30.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | sharp wide open, fast, compact, cheap | | Cons: | need a sun hood | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 9
Value: 10
Camera Used: Pentax K-70
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I bought it because it was very cheap, fast ( f2.8) and cover most of portrait needs ( 50-105mm on APS-C cameras ). I thought: "Prolably this f2.8 will be soft as hell and unuseable"... well i've been wrong. It's totally useable at wide open! It's compact, preety light...could be a little bit more contrasty but - to be honest - for such price it's really nice deal! Especially it's "A" lense so you can use it Av mode.
The only issue that i met is it don't work good against light - you'll need some sun hood for sure.
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Senior Member Registered: September, 2009 Location: Beautiful Bavaria :-) Posts: 123
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| | Review Date: May 21, 2012 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | light, build quality, sharpness, A aperture control | | Cons: | long near focus | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 7
Value: 7
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My cheap copy looks like new, has no zoom creep and focussing is precise and easy.
But I would recommend a lens hood to keep the image quality.
I can't find any distortion, but that's no surprise for a moderate zoom. The viewfinder is very bright due to the fast glass and with the A contacts and a working focus indicator this lens works nicely even on a modern DSLR.
The crop factor issue turns it into a ca 55-110 mm lens, but that's nothing I would have a problem with.
This lens is so cheap and sturdy, if you need an A lens for low cost, you should consider this one!
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Veteran Member Registered: February, 2011 Location: The 'Stoke, British Columbia Posts: 1,678
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| | Review Date: August 21, 2011 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Sharp, compact, solid build | | Cons: | Flare, Narrow focal range, Macro is only 1:6.7, so it's more like close focusing if that. | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 9
Value: 8
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I picked this lens up at a local pawn shop for $15 because the aperture blades were stuck wide open. I took it home and stored it on the shelf for a few months. I finally got around to pulling the mounting plate and aligning the aperture ring, it took a whopping 15 minutes! So on to my thoughts...
This is a nice small zoom lens that is a joy to use, it's sharp enough at 2.8, but like most it starts to shine after f4.0-5.6 It's Macro mode is more or less "close focusing" but even then it's far from a great macro lens. I just find the focal range of 35-70mm just doesn't cover enough to make something I would carry regularly. But for the cost I had to at least try it out!. Here are a few shots I had taken during today's outing with it with no PP work done.
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