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Nov 29, 2009
Excellent third party f/2.8 zoom lens for NIkon D-SLR
1 of 1 found this helpful I have shot a lot of photos with this lens at f/2.8 (and other apertures, on my Nikon D300) since I bought it recently. I enjoy the short depth of view which gives the photos a very nice blur effect especially when zoomed to max 75mm. The blur looks very good and buttery. Lots of creative potential here. I have no complaints about the resolution/sharpness of the lens. Before I bought it I have studied the review on photozone.de which was also the reason why I opted for this lens.
The built-in motor does a good job and the lens auto-focuses fast and precisely.
I would not want to buy this lens without the motor as those are older models and I had a bad apple which I returned (thanks to PayPal buyer protection).
The only minus is the limited zoom range at the lower end. Here I miss the gap between 18-27mm. However I have bought also a Tokina 11-16mm and see if that covers it for me. If not I will probably get an additional Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8. I don't see any price/performance alternative to cover the zoom range from 17-75mm at f/2.8 but by the Tamron 17-50mm and Tamron 28-75mm.
New/almost new and after Bing cash back/eBay bucks those are available with 6 years warrant together for about $710 on eBay. The Nikon 16-85mm is too slow / not f/2.8 and the Tamrons perform better concerning distortion, light fall off and CA. I will get me Hoya S-HMC UV filters for permanent lens protection (99.7% light through).
Nov 29, 2009
Excellent third party f/2.8 zoom lens for NIkon D-SLR
1 of 1 found this helpful I have shot a lot of photos with this lens at f/2.8 (and other apertures, on my Nikon D300) since I bought it recently. I enjoy the short depth of view which gives the photos a very nice blur effect especially when zoomed to max 75mm. The blur looks very good and buttery. Lots of creative potential here. I have no complaints about the resolution/sharpness of the lens. Before I bought it I have studied the review on photozone.de which was also the reason why I opted for this lens.
The built-in motor does a good job and the lens auto-focuses fast and precisely.
I would not want to buy this lens without the motor as those are older models and I had a bad apple which I returned (thanks to PayPal buyer protection).
The only minus is the limited zoom range at the lower end. Here I miss the gap between 18-27mm. However I have bought also a Tokina 11-16mm and see if that covers it for me. If not I will probably get an additional Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8. I don't see any price/performance alternative to cover the zoom range from 17-75mm at f/2.8 but by the Tamron 17-50mm and Tamron 28-75mm.
New/almost new and after Bing cash back/eBay bucks those are available with 6 years warrant together for about $710 on eBay. The Nikon 16-85mm is too slow / not f/2.8 and the Tamrons perform better concerning distortion, light fall off and CA. I will get me Hoya S-HMC UV filters for permanent lens protection (99.7% light through).
Nov 11, 2010
The Standard
1 of 1 found this helpful It looks like the X-Fi series is the standard for a good gaming experience with positional audio. I always had Soundblaster cards and wouldn't settle for anything less, like on-board sound for example. I got a brand new Asus motherboard with so-called X-Fi sound on-board but compared to a PCI-PCI-E soundcard it sounds like a trash can.