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Review: A Week with the 28-300 VR (D800)
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Hard to beat a 50mm 1.4 at that distance... super cheap and fast
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its a pretty average lens, mostly agree with this review, at F8 it can really shine.
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Yeah looks like you and I are the only two people who purchased a good lens.. :-O
As for doesn't shoot well in low light i think this it does ok.
As for doesn't shoot well in low light i think this it does ok.
AM4L
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Yes, but keep in mind your pics were on a 16MP camera, on a higher res sensor it will not deliver the full resolution of the sensor. But on a Df its a decent lens.Yeah looks like you and I are the only two people who purchased a good lens.. :-O
As for doesn't shoot well in low light i think this it does ok.
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I don't seem to have a problem with the lens on a D810. I guess there were 3 of us that got a good lens. ;-)
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While it's no match for mt 6D and 28-300L Canon combination, it's not bad at all. It's neck and neck with my A99 Sony with a Tamron 28-300. But I think it would be third in line with a better lens on my A99. The Tamron is a stretch, but that's what I've got, as Sony doesn't make the right lens for my photography. Maybe a Sigma 50-500, but the 50mm end is pushing the close distance limit.
I'm one of those guys that needs one of these..."do it all" lenses because of what I take pictures of most of the time. I know they limit me, but as has been said...camera adjustments are/is everything.
Mike
I'm one of those guys that needs one of these..."do it all" lenses because of what I take pictures of most of the time. I know they limit me, but as has been said...camera adjustments are/is everything.
Mike
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An obvious question occurred to me - given that you view electronically and don't print larger than 7x5, why bother shooting full frame D810?
APSC rig like D7200 and 18-200 would be much lighter and smaller. And you wouldn't notice any difference in IQ.
Freedom of choice of course, but I was just wondering...
An obvious question occurred to me - given that you view electronically and don't print larger than 7x5, why bother shooting full frame D810?
APSC rig like D7200 and 18-200 would be much lighter and smaller. And you wouldn't notice any difference in IQ.
Freedom of choice of course, but I was just wondering...
Hmmm, this is starting to become a trend.
Rexgig0
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BTTT, due to a memeber asking about this lens.
Rexgig0
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Posting this reply to "bump" to the top, due to a recent member's question(s) regarding this lens.
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Waldemar
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200mm shots don´t look the same as 300mm shots. People often don´t think of that. Only "real" 300mm gives you that nice compressed look, while 200mm looks fairly normal, especially @ F5.6. Of course yon can mount a 300m on an APS-C body, but the resulting 450mm equiv. is mostly useless outside of bird / zoo photography. Also, 200 @ F5.6 is just not good for any decent foreground separation.Hi
An obvious question occurred to me - given that you view electronically and don't print larger than 7x5, why bother shooting full frame D810?
APSC rig like D7200 and 18-200 would be much lighter and smaller. And you wouldn't notice any difference in IQ.
Freedom of choice of course, but I was just wondering...
Anyway, the 28-300mm is a decent lens. Not the sharpest around, but - more important for me - its distortion can be very easily corrected, while most APS-C zooms have this wavy distortion at the wide end (with the 18-200 I didn´t get perfect results even after DxO correction).
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