Testing 20-50 vs 18-55 right now!
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Re: Testing 20-50 vs 18-55 right now!
The sweet spot of the 20-50 is the 20mm to me. This is unusual since most of the (KIT) lenses have the sweet spot between 1/3 and the half of the focal range (i know that dxomark states that the 18-55 best performs at 18mm but i found that its best overall performance starts around 30mm and go to 40mm, indeed i started enjoyng the 29mm where you get good performance and an f4 ). It is just like they designed a good 16-32 lens and then change the design to make a more marketable focal range.
Also... if make use of the izoom @1.2x with the 18-55 you get a 22-66 sharper lens with a 14mpix sensor and nice iso performace :), still on par with performance of most of entry level mirrorless cam!
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Canon EOS Rebel SL1
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Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake
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