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Testing 20-50 vs 18-55 right now!

Started Dec 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP mordor_74 Contributing Member • Posts: 622
Re: Testing 20-50 vs 18-55 right now!

I just did some OIS comparision test with my sony alpha @50mm.

The sony OIS is slight better (but i dont know if body size and the viewfinder play a role in the handling...). I can shot at 1/10 with the sony with no shake, i obtain the same results at 1/15 with the samsung. Mixed results at 1/10. The sony seems to do a better job at the wide and while the samsung has more constant results.

Anyway if you ask me i consider this results very positives!

mordor_74 wrote:

Hello friends,

today my 18-55 has landed home and i starded my tests to understand if its a keeper against the 20-50 that comes with my NX1100.

My reason for this is i need OIS and good performance at 50mm (i like to photograph people and pets mainly...) and i cant find a good price on a 16-50 actually...

So i picked up this almost new 18-55. Must say that is huge compared to the 20-50...

My very first impression is that the 20-50 surprised me. In the 20-24 range its absolutely a keeper. Very good colors and sharp edge to edge. From 28mm the quality start to fall a bit down but not really that bad. At 35mm i can say that the 18-55 performsalight better at the center of the image but borders of the 20-50 still better.

Cant say the same about AF performance... the 18-55 is obviously better and i feel like AF performance of the 20-50 at the tele side are really poor both in pciture and video mode.

To my opinion the 18-55 is more a kit lens and the 20-50 is a 20-24 wide zoom (very good for street and landscapes for the money) with extra bonus range.

So far i can say the 18-55 cant beat the 20-50 @20mm on a landscape and the 20-50 cant beat the 18-55 in a video...

Just wanted to share with you my work in progress...

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