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Great cheap lens :)

Started 2 months ago | User reviews thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: Great cheap lens :)
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davel33 wrote:

This lens was a nice surprise. Its very sharp but slow at the long end. I use it on a R6 which has awesome high ISO performance. I have never been a fan of the 24-105 range but this with its small size weight its a nice walk about lens.

I agree. I wanted a small, light standard zoom for my R5, something really inexpensive because this is a focal range I don't often need a zoom for, but at the same time can't easily do without. At its usual street price of £400-£450 depending what deals are available it's good value, but I paid £269 grey market so I couldn't really go wrong!

It has one annoying fault, which is the lack of an AF/MF switch, and while the R7 and R10 have a switch on the body, the R5 and R6 don't - and I was surprised to learn that the R6 Mark II also doesn't have this switch. This is a full frame lens, so you'd expect it to be properly supported by a current generation full frame body, not just the two crop bodies.

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