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Still trying to find a use for the 50-200mm

Started Apr 25, 2014 | Photos thread
AdamT
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Optimum sharpness range

From my tests , the 50mm end is tack sharp wideopen at all distances but the 200mm end is at its sharpest at around backyard distances (from about 12 feet to "across the road") . it`s very soft at closest focal distance and also not exactly tack sharp at infinity unless at F8 but at down the garden it`s vert sharp even wideopen so with the superb 20Mp sensor (for cropping) and a good RAW converter, it`d make a really good Birder at optimum distances ..

Should also be good for portraits, Wedding and street candids etc at all focal lengths as these tend to be within the optimum sharpness distance range (or that`s my findings anyway)

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