The Money Maker Of The Trinity

QSMcDraw wrote:

ProDude wrote:

I refer to it as "surgically sharp". I've seen a few other reviews from Youtube guys out there that apparently did NOT get a copy like mine. Aside from it's wonderful bokeh which is easy to achieve, the sharpness in the central 80% of the image is most often enough to make one shake their head wondering how it is possible. Focus is indeed instantaneous. There is NO play in this barrel whatsoever. It fits so very nicely in the hand and is amazingly light.

Not all Youtubers know what they are doing, though some are consistently reliable, year in, year out.

As for "extreme sample variation," as another poster mentions, of course it's possible, but more likely are high impacts during shipping. Easy to drop a box from way up and have it land so that little or no damage is evident to corners. I think the shipping-damage factor is often glossed over by all involved because ordering online is the only option for many, many photographers at this point.

Fortunately, mine is "surgically sharp."

One habit I adopted quite a few years ago was after a friend that worked for UPS and another rep I spoke to from FedX explained that if a person orders a product to be shipped "Next Day Priority" it get's handled very differently then anything else. it for one thing is NOT subjected to the deadly conveyor experience getting thrashed and dropped. Virtually EVERY lens (and we're talking probably no less than 15) over the years I've ordered exclusively this way, has arrived without so much as a smudge on the box. No dents, dings, rips, scratches....NOTHING but a perfect uncompressed box. The lenses have consistently been perfect as well not being subjected to all that thrashing, dropping etc. Just a thought.