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bryan0755
Registered User
Registered: March 2006
Location: Redcar, Cleveland.
Posts: 91
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Review Date: Tue April 18, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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small, relatively light, good optics.
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price
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Looking for a travel lens, that was relatively small.
have used this lens for two months and have no problems todate. Lens has a locking switch that is a bit small for big hands and only locks in the 70mm setting. Good results obtained at all stages and appatures.up:
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Have a good day!
Bryan
http://coatham-marsh.blogspot.com/
http://coatham-marsh-photography.com
http://BRYANHAYLETT.photoshop.com
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miketoll
Registered User
Registered: August 2005
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 226
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Review Date: Sun May 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Small, relatively light, good optics, focus speed, IS
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Price, small zoom ring.
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Agree with Bryan but wanted to add in a comment about the superb IS and quick auto focus. Too short a focal length for dedicated bird photos but good to take \"on spec\" where you would leave a longer lens behind because of weight , bulk and the need for a tripod with a big lens.
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Tectortony
Registered User
Registered: August 2005
Location: Baildon, West Yorkshire
Posts: 2414
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Review Date: Thu June 1, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Small,good optics,focus speed,IS
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Price.
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I agree with comments above.I have used the lens for three months and I am very happy with results at varius focal lengths and apertures.Focus speed and IS are very good.
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Neil-T
Moorlands Macro: Close up and personal....with bugs.
Registered: August 2008
Location: Cheadle, Staffs Moorlands.
Posts: 3217
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Review Date: Sat October 4, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Very bright optics. Superb AF. Compact.
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Cons:
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Focal length without a TC.
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I also have one of these lenses. If you are in a hide, and can get the birds to come close enough ( I can get them within 10 feet) this is a superb lens. I have also used it with the Kenko 1.5 TC and it's still as sharp as the 400mm f/5.6L.
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She drags me all the way from Billingsgate to Richmond to play the weakest practical joke since cardinal Wolseley got his knob out at Hampton court then stood in the corridor pretending to be a door
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