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<blockquote data-quote="Slightly Squiffy" data-source="post: 198041" data-attributes="member: 12629">[ATTACH]52487[/ATTACH]That's at 105mm, 1/750 shutter speed and f5.3. [ATTACH]52495[/ATTACH]That's at 22mm, 1/350 shutter speed and f3.8.It's a DX 18-200mm lens. My 35mm 1.8 is much better...in fact, I nearly never get an unfocused shot from it (unless it's from choosing the wrong manual settings <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). I've never had a great amount of success with this lens...I've never really 'gelled' with it, if that makes sense? Sometimes my 18-200 is bang on, but it seems like I have to have the perfect, natural ambient light for it to behave. On a day with too much light (either sunny or that dreaded bright white sky from cloud cover), forget it. It's not horrible, just not sharp. I think my lens is just a cranky old woman!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slightly Squiffy, post: 198041, member: 12629"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52487._xfImport[/ATTACH] That's at 105mm, 1/750 shutter speed and f5.3. [ATTACH=CONFIG]52495._xfImport[/ATTACH] That's at 22mm, 1/350 shutter speed and f3.8. It's a DX 18-200mm lens. My 35mm 1.8 is much better...in fact, I nearly never get an unfocused shot from it (unless it's from choosing the wrong manual settings :p). I've never had a great amount of success with this lens...I've never really 'gelled' with it, if that makes sense? Sometimes my 18-200 is bang on, but it seems like I have to have the perfect, natural ambient light for it to behave. On a day with too much light (either sunny or that dreaded bright white sky from cloud cover), forget it. It's not horrible, just not sharp. I think my lens is just a cranky old woman! [/QUOTE]

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