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william blanchard

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i just had a quick question to the a100 owners...i use the H5 and love the zeiss lens quality...but hate the darn battey consumption of the camera. i wanted to know how the kit lens is compared to the H5 lens? is it even zeiss coated? sorry for being a noob to the a100...but im thinking of taking the plunge.

thanks for your help.
william
 
I own the R1 which wins hands down with it's great CZ lense. Before I owned the Canon 350D and the kit lense. The A100 kit lense beats that one.

So it's not top notch but delivers a decent quality IMO.

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Jean-Pierre Randazzo

Sony-R1
Sony Alpha 100
Minolta AF DT 18-70 F3.5-5.6 D
Minolta AF 50 / 1.7
Minolta AF 70-210 / 4 (beercan)
Minolta Fs-1100 hotshoe adapter
Nikon SB-28 Flash
 
The lens looks and feels a little on the cheap side but optically it is really not to bad. I have gotten some really great shots with the A100 kit lens.

I will make one more comment not about the lens but about the A100 battery life. It is fantastic..... I have taken about 600 shots with the camera in the 1 1/2 months that I have owned it and only recharged it once. I didn't have to but I did it as a just in case was only down to 2/3 charge. I do use the 5600 external Flash when I need a Flash so I am sure that helps but it is still fantastic.
 
My 18-70 is sharp but it has a lot of color fringing at every stop and blah color. It makes a good paper weight. My 21 year old 35-70 F/4 is far superior to it, all though it does not have the range. I will only use the kit lens for unimportant photos. I think it's a piece of junk. The 18-55 kit lens for my old Canon 300D is much better.

Jerry
 
nm66photog said:
My 18-70 is sharp but it has a lot of color fringing at every stop
and blah color. It makes a good paper weight.
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Perhaps you have a defective lens. I'm not seeing those problems with mine. If you have a chance to try another example of the lens, it might be worthwhile.

There was a Pop Photo review, where they said that the lens felt too plasticy, but that it was great optically.

Anyway, it seems possible that you may have gotten a bad unit.
 
William

Well you got to good comments and one bad one... take a look through this forum. I have seen several photos posted that were taken with the kit lens.... that will give you a true idea.

But I have to say that the pophoto review was right on the money based on my experience with the lens over the last 1 1/2 months
 
My old Maxxum lenses, 20, 24, 35 1.4, 50 1.4, 85 1.4, 35-70 4, 28-70 2.8, 80-200 2.8, have much cleaner color than my kit lens and little or no color fringing. I may have gotten a bad lens and all of the older lenses cost much more when new. Like I said, the lens is sharp.

From the reports I've read, the kit lens for the original DRebel is better than the later model. The lens is much sharper, except for the corners, with much cleaner color and very little color fringing when compared to the Sony kit lens.

Jerry
 
I agree,

I own a lot of old glass and the new 'plastic kit lense isn't really that bad, compaired to the (some) 20 years older (heavy) ones I own. It's light and fast. Even macros's are rather sharp for such a cheap lens. Maybe I'm lucky with mine, but I'm realy satisfied with it.

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Let's show the world that the Sony Alpha 100 is as good as Canon and Nikon!!
 
BTW: I own the 35 - 70 F4 from 20 years ago as well. I can't see a lot of difference. The are simular to me.
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Let's show the world that the Sony Alpha 100 is as good as Canon and Nikon!!
 
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