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Very Sharp budget prime

Started Mar 21, 2018 | User reviews thread
stratobill Senior Member • Posts: 2,081
Re: Very Sharp budget prime

LKFX_House wrote:

FooHead wrote:

LKFX_House wrote:

I love this lens!! is as sharp, compact as well built, works very good on the EOS M1, color rendition is fantastic. I give it 4.5 stars for lack of IS but you can't go wrong with this for just $130 --->>

It's nice and small and makes my 80D easy to drag around...but I don't find the iq any better than my 18-135 stm...

You're probably right, but being a prime i still find IQ and sharpness a hair better than kit lens, i might buy the 40mm 2.8 someday too, is a good focal length with semi-fast aperture at about same price

I don't have the 18-135 but i would be surprised if the 24 wasn't sharper. It is certainly sharper than the 18-55 that I have (older version).

The 40mm on FF is sharper than the 24-105 for instance, and IQ is similar to the stellar 16-35F4L.

And it is great to walk around with. I don't use a mid range zoom at all when I travel. Just UWA and telephoto with the 24mm in between.

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