Yannis1976
Veteran Member
Hi all,
I recently bought this one to test it (with the option to return within 14d) mainly inspired by some great photographers I follow in flickr who were also using it. I was also positively motivated having used the FF 28-200 which is a fantastic lens for FF.
Here are the positives:
- for anyone who doesn't pixelpeep, IQ is fine. If you show the photos in phones, or digital panels (up to A4), IQ will be sufficient.
- build quality is very good
- Sharpness at 300mm is surprisingly good although not better than the 70-300.
- having just one lens for such a huge range is extremely convenient
- bokeh at 300mm is good
- sunrays at f22 are good
And here are the negatives:
- Sharpness while pixel peeping/zooming is suffering especially at 18mm (!). I am not yet 100% sure, but some preliminary results show that the lens at 18mm is softer than my 16-80 and 10-18 no matter the aperture.
- AF can be hunting some times, but not very often
- The 70-300 focuses slight;y closer at 300mm, meaning is still more useful for bugs/insects/butterflies etc.
- Lens is definitely softer than the FF 28-200 (not surprising)
- OIS is not that good and you certainly need to use a bit faster shutter speeds vs the 70-300 for static subjects
- ISO can climb quite easily (but difference is not huge with the 70-300)
And here are some photos, all sharpened either with DXO Pure RAW 4 or Topaz Photo AI v3.
Overall, despite its shortcomings, I believe its certainly a better proposition than the outdated18-135 and can be an interesting and cheaper but sharper alternative to the 70-300...
And here is the same photo taken with the A7C and 28-200. Maybe a bit over-sharpened but also better processed in terms of highlights
Same photo and exactly same pp with the 70-300. Slightly but noticeably sharper than the 18-300 (although the 18-300 is also acceptably sharp at 300mm)
And same photo with A7C and 28-200, pp in the same way, but upscaled in Topaz.
If you don't zoom in the edges, picture s fine
Same photo but with slightly different pp and the 70-300.
That is the last one!
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Yannis
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I recently bought this one to test it (with the option to return within 14d) mainly inspired by some great photographers I follow in flickr who were also using it. I was also positively motivated having used the FF 28-200 which is a fantastic lens for FF.
Here are the positives:
- for anyone who doesn't pixelpeep, IQ is fine. If you show the photos in phones, or digital panels (up to A4), IQ will be sufficient.
- build quality is very good
- Sharpness at 300mm is surprisingly good although not better than the 70-300.
- having just one lens for such a huge range is extremely convenient
- bokeh at 300mm is good
- sunrays at f22 are good
And here are the negatives:
- Sharpness while pixel peeping/zooming is suffering especially at 18mm (!). I am not yet 100% sure, but some preliminary results show that the lens at 18mm is softer than my 16-80 and 10-18 no matter the aperture.
- AF can be hunting some times, but not very often
- The 70-300 focuses slight;y closer at 300mm, meaning is still more useful for bugs/insects/butterflies etc.
- Lens is definitely softer than the FF 28-200 (not surprising)
- OIS is not that good and you certainly need to use a bit faster shutter speeds vs the 70-300 for static subjects
- ISO can climb quite easily (but difference is not huge with the 70-300)
And here are some photos, all sharpened either with DXO Pure RAW 4 or Topaz Photo AI v3.
Overall, despite its shortcomings, I believe its certainly a better proposition than the outdated18-135 and can be an interesting and cheaper but sharper alternative to the 70-300...
And here is the same photo taken with the A7C and 28-200. Maybe a bit over-sharpened but also better processed in terms of highlights
Same photo and exactly same pp with the 70-300. Slightly but noticeably sharper than the 18-300 (although the 18-300 is also acceptably sharp at 300mm)
And same photo with A7C and 28-200, pp in the same way, but upscaled in Topaz.
If you don't zoom in the edges, picture s fine
Same photo but with slightly different pp and the 70-300.
That is the last one!
--
Yannis
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