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Great cheap lens :)

Started 2 months ago | User reviews thread
Wingsfan
Wingsfan Contributing Member • Posts: 678
Re: Great cheap lens :)

It seems that the image quality on these lenses vary wildly. As I mentioned above my copy is very good pretty much across-the-board. I have no issues shooting wide open at 24, although I'm not usually concerned about my corners at that point. I'm not a pixel peeper but if you are, it might bother you a little bit. If you stop down to about F7.1 you should be pretty good at 24. Let's just say it's not quite as sharp as the L at 24 ( Although my L is better, it isn't particularly good there either).

Again, you're looking at $400, versus $1300. Or in my case, I got it for 119 refurb.

It's a relatively compact system, but if I really need to go small I'll still pack my M43 gear and pro glass.

There are benefits and drawbacks to both systems.

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