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Old 11-01-11, 19:00
robski robski is offline
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Originally Posted by Nick_A View Post
I would however still add this to your kit bag at some point I'd be amazed if you were disappointed.
Well a lot of folk say this and that's why I bought a brand new one.

The only good things I would say from my experience is it's light and does not take up much space in the kit bag. I would give it a 85-90% for sharpness.

I found the focus motor noise caught by standers attention. In fact a head turner.

I have sharper lens than the 50mm f1.8

I was hoping the f1.8 would give a good bokeh but the lens only has 5 blades so the results did disappoint.

For my subject matter I often need to focus closer that 0.5m.

Only used the lens a few times mainly for testing and after a year of sitting in the kit bag it was time to move it on.

If it suits your style of photography then sure it's a bargain and a little gem.
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