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Reviews (7)
Apr 03, 2012
Awesomely Unique
1 of 1 found this helpful It will be an understatement to say that this lens produces an impressively smooth bokeh. Be it foreground or background, this lens does the job, and so well that there is no other lens I’m aware of to match it from any brand. And while this is the king of bokeh, it is worth pointing out that it is also one of the sharpest lenses around and that involves a corner to corner sharpness.
The build quality is as expected, come with a nice hood with black lining and wrapped in soft leather case. It has not one but two apertures (and individual control for each). This is a specialty lens with minimum focusing distance of about 87 cm or less than three feet and can serve really well as a portrait lens, and especially on full frame cameras. It works well on my Sony SLT-A55 as well as Sony NEX-3. It has a magnification ratio of 1:4, making it a pretty good pseudo macro lens, given the sharpness and silky smooth bokeh.
To achieve the qualities, this lens incorporates a special element that has a downside. This reduces the transmissive properties of the lens and consequently, wide open, the lens permits an equivalent of f/4.5 aperture even though the opening itself is f/2.8 (hence the designation, f/2.8 [4.5]. But this is a non-issue for most practical purposes, and if you’re looking for a faster lens in this focal length, Sony’s Carl Zeiss 135mm/1.8 will be a better choice. Another downside is that there is no focus confirmation much less auto focus. To me, those are actually upsides since I prefer to engage with my composition and the equipment instead of relying entirely on them to do the job. With Sony’s manual assist features (either via viewfinder electronic magnification or focus peaking, and in many cases both), manual focusing is a snap.
Overall, a great lens.
Aug 04, 2012
Very good lens for cheap
Nice wide angle option for a walk around lens. The IQ wide open was acceptable, and very good stopped down. However, the version I got was f/2.8, so can't speak for f/2 (if there was one). My copy was in "barely used" condition, and used on Sony NEX-3 via MD-NEX mount.
Aug 04, 2012
Excellent Lens
With a few options at hand, including a new 55-210mm or a 70-300mm telephoto zoom, I wanted a faster lens with good image quality and without breaking the bank. With great reviews of Kiron and Komine 70-210 (former is f/3.5) marketed as Vivitar Series I, and especially the Komine (f/2.8-4), it was only matter of time before I discovered a great deal on this excellent lens.
I got the Konica AR mount version and it works quite well, with its one-touch zoom, on the camera I got it for (Sony NEX-3). Even in low light where the typical modern zoom will suffer from being slow, this one allows more room.
The downside is that it is relatively big and heavy but I don't mind that as a compromise to IQ and speed.