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Looking for a decent long-focus lens for my NX300

Started Dec 5, 2013 | Discussions thread
alex_virt Veteran Member • Posts: 3,044
Re: Don't disregard cheap vintage zooms!

Yes, this image quality is OK for $10.

pixelpushing wrote:

alex_virt wrote:

Those old consumer zooms (even Canon FDs) are not good enough for modern digital cameras. If you want excellent uncompromised image quality, go for medium format lenses.

Not true. While coatings, lighter build, AF and IS have certainly improved zooms for the modern digital, there are many good and cheap options in the vintage bin.

This is a 'crappy' Accura Supertel 300mm f5.5 with a five buck Vivitar 2x.

And IMO...There's no such thing as 'uncompromised image quality'.

These other two required some work in LR, no more than ten minutes' worth. With the ease of CA adjustment possible in post, older zooms are a perfectly viable alternative considering the low cost (in this case, I paid under ten bucks for both the lens and TC).

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