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Nifty two fifty. Likely the best value tele zoom lens by any manufacturer

Started Feb 14, 2016 | User reviews thread
crashpc Veteran Member • Posts: 7,237
Re: Nifty two fifty. Likely the best value tele zoom lens by any manufacturer

Hi.
Very nice images.
I agree on all this. Very good lens, and my piece seems to be sharpest wide open when set at 250mm. Once I stop down to f/8, it gets worse. But guess what... I can put a teleconverter on that, and it at least evens out the old II version image quality, and while that old lens needed to be stopped down to f/8, I don't even have less light. So it is very usable at "350mm f/8(5.6+TC)" compared to old 250mm at f/8. I tried to put two teleconverters on it, and it still can output VERY decent image for 2560p resolution at 950mm of FF equivalent. And while it is on APS-C format, it still gets more light on the sensor than what other 1000mm compact cameras get.

Very nice lens indeed. If they ever made 400mm lens with this image quality...

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