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One of its kind

Started Apr 10, 2018 | User reviews
Spanish_z
Spanish_z New Member • Posts: 4
One of its kind

I love this lens. It has always fascinated me and always will.

I have read the rest of reviews, and feel that some are really harsh or mal focused.

The zoom is designed is just the way it should be to work well with a hood. Wide, lens extended, Long zoom, lens retracted. Different from any other lens. Actually I don't know any other lens like it. Designing such a mechanism and optics is very challenging and difficult. Ok, enough praise on its design, lets talk quality.

It is one of the best lenses I've used. Very heavy, a tank like heavy, but a charm to use.

Please, accept that not every lens manufactured is perfect, some come out with problems and that means that it is just that one piece of prduct is a bad one, the the model.

Other problems with a lens-body combinations, is that they are not best of friends. A soft lens on one body, is the sharpest on another body. Seen it with many lenses, and needed to micro adjust the lens on that body. There are many answers and opinions over that, won't go over it. For me, its one of the best lenses for indoor event shootings.

One last advice, as with any other lens, test your lenses before using them, micro adjust them if necessary and your camera allows it.

 Spanish_z's gear list:Spanish_z's gear list
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon EOS 50D Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Zoom lens • Canon EF • 8014A005
Announced: Sep 29, 2002
Spanish_z's score
5.0
Average community score
3.8
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