Sharp, solid, fast

Haven't found any.

I've been using this lens on three different
Maxxum bodies with exelent results. I'm a stickler
for sharpness and this lens has never let me down.
I do a LOT of low light work with no problems.

Customer Service

No need

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Vivitar 28-105 3.5-4.5
Minolta 28-80 3.5-5.6

Light. Solid Construction.
Pretty good focal range.

Soft, warm color.
Weak Contrast.

This is a good lens for the price paid. I have had it for more than two years with many rolls of film. I would have to say it should be rate as a good lens. This lens produces great quality picture at bright condition. At low light situation, it is kind soft.
I compared the photos taken by my freind side by side (he used Leica Lens), we could not see visible differences (not enlarged). In many instances, I feel my photo is actually better, this could be the metering differences between his and mine.
One suggestion, at low light condition, compensate the exposure for 1 to 2 stops (at least with my minolta).

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Nikon, Minolta

Speed

Very soft below f4. Zoom binds a little.

Speed is good. Sharpness is good throughout the zoom range at f8, but forget about using f2.8-f3.5 for anything but portraits. It's what you would expect for the price.

Customer Service

Haven't used.

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Quantaray 35-80mm
Minolta 70-210mm

PRICE-EXCELLENT FOCAL RANGE FOR PEOPLE-GOOD MAX APERATURE.

NOT AS SHARP AS SOME MORE EXPENSIVE LENSES,AND DOESN'T FOCUS QUITE AS CLOSE AS ONE WOULD WANT.CLOSE FACIAL SHOTS ARE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH.

GOOD LENS FOR THE MONEY.

Customer Service

UNNECESSARY SO FAR.

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QUANTA RAY 28-80MM.
RICOH 28-80 OR 100?

Light weight for an f/4 aperture at 105mm. Focuses close. Low light fall off.

Very soft at 28mm wide open but acceptable at f/4 and above. During manual focusing, must turn ring gently or it compresses and binds.

Think of this zoom as a minimum f/4.0 aperture over the zoom range and it will produce acceptable images. At least that's how my sample tested. At 105mm sharpness is fairly good wide open and that's an advantage with low speed film. A good general purpose zoom.

Customer Service

Not needed.

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Tokina 28-105/f3.5-4.5
Tamron 28-80/f3.5-5.6

none

This lens is ultra soft even at f8. A great disappointment.

This is not a pro lens and would more than likely disappoint dedicated amateurs as well. If you like soft images, this is the lens for you. You get what you pay for.

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Nikkor, Tokina

light weight and covers most used focal lenghts. Not exciting but very usefull. Fast max. aperature

small focusing range. not continous 2.8

Very good standard lense. Nice for your first zoom lense, covers what you use most of the time

Customer Service

none

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tamron 28-80

Solid feel. Fast lens.

Not as sharp as I would like.

A descent all around lens that could use a lot more sharpness. It's good for portraits because of it's softness.

Customer Service

NA

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Tameron and Canon lens

It is a valuable lens and affordable. It also takes sharp picture and is faster than its canon rival.

None yet

Very good for general purpose photography. Don't try mounting too many filters on it though.

Customer Service

Not there yet.

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canon ef 28-105 3.5-4.5

Size, weight, speed

not very sharp - especially at 105, distortion

This is a rather nice lens for the amateur or beginning photographer, but if You are looking for real good sharpness, contrast and the lowest possible distortion, You should look somewhere else. That is why I exchanged this lens for the Nikkor 28-105, which is a far better compromise (of course all these wide range zooms are a certain compromise) in terms of sharpness and contrast. Visit my homepage: www.troeszter.com

Customer Service

not needed

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Nikkor AF 3,5-4,5/28-105mm