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$5 Telephoto I Found On KEH

Started Jun 3, 2019 | Discussions thread
altjonny
OP altjonny Forum Member • Posts: 72
Re: $5 Telephoto I Found On KEH
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Terrible Photographer wrote:

For $14, it's cheap thrills!

For my E-P1, I bought a used Canon 50mm f/1.8 and it looked like this. Barely in focus, was unusable until stopped down to f/2.8, looked pretty solid at f/5.6. It was hard to use, but fun for a day.

That being said, these images remind me why I didn't buy more old lenses. They're just not that great compared to modern stuff.

Yes, unless I’m specifically going for a vintage look I wouldn’t use any old lens for any real photo shoot. Modern day lenses are just so much more capable and way sharper. AF is also extremely important when taking pictures of my nieces and nephews. They move to quickly to manual focus every shot. I almost miss them with AF! Ha!

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Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art Panasonic 20mm F1.7 II Olympus 12-100mm F4.0
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