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If You Get A Good Copy It's AMAZING Locked

Started Dec 9, 2020 | User reviews thread
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MikeJ9116 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,955
Re: If You Get A Good Copy It's AMAZING

tkbslc wrote:

JustUs7 wrote:

tkbslc wrote:

I think AMAZING is a bit of an exaggeration. If we use AMAZING in all caps for the 24-240, what do we call the 28-70 f2 or 50L?

A couple more A’s, Z’s, and a string of G’s at the end.

I like the 24-240, but let's be honest. It's a slow, utilitarian lens. It's like a minivan. Very useful to a lot of people, but nobody I have met is excited to drive one. OP needs to let his confirmation bias settle a bit before he starts throwing out superlatives like AMAZING.

I think most 24-240 users who are honest would say things like "it's one of the better superzoom lenses I've used" or "it's pretty good". No caps needed.

I think one has to consider the context of the comment. I doubt anyone here thought the OP was comparing a 10X $600 super zoom to $2k-$3k shorter range lenses and certainly not high end primes. In the context comparing it to other super zooms and many mid level lesser range zooms (which is how I took the OP's comment) the RF 24-240mm is amazing, IMO, due to the range it covers.

For people who can't, or want to, carry multiple lenses for any number of reasons, the 24-240mm is an amazing lens.  I think it is amazing for what IT does.  Not for what is does as compared to other lenses.  The performance regarding IQ, range, IS & AF ability it provides from just one lens is not close to being duplicated by any other single lens I can think of at the moment.  Especially at its size and weight.  This is why I think the 24-240mm is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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