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Looking for a decent telephoto zoom lens.
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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 611925" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>Well, Bjorn Rorslett didn't praise that lens very highly when he tested it. Here's a short quote from him:</p><p></p><p>70-210 f4 AF</p><p><em>One of the earliest AF designs, this modestly specified zoom lens aims clearly at satisfying the amateur ranks. Zooming is a breeze with the huge collar occupying the better part of the lens barrel, but manual focusing is pitifully served by a tiny ring at the very front of the lens itself.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Compared to the contemporary offerings of this kind, this oldtimer is much better built, but unfortunately its optical performance is nothing to write home about. Images are markedly soft at wide apertures and only get acceptable at f/8-f/11 or so. Colours are rendered in muted hues and lack the sparkle of the better lenses. Some colour fringing occurs all over the zooming range to become more troublesome for close-ups.</em></p><p></p><p>So, better to test yourself before you get a worse lens than you already had.</p><p></p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html" target="_blank">http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_zoom_00.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 611925, member: 7240"] Well, Bjorn Rorslett didn't praise that lens very highly when he tested it. Here's a short quote from him: 70-210 f4 AF [I]One of the earliest AF designs, this modestly specified zoom lens aims clearly at satisfying the amateur ranks. Zooming is a breeze with the huge collar occupying the better part of the lens barrel, but manual focusing is pitifully served by a tiny ring at the very front of the lens itself. [/I] [I]Compared to the contemporary offerings of this kind, this oldtimer is much better built, but unfortunately its optical performance is nothing to write home about. Images are markedly soft at wide apertures and only get acceptable at f/8-f/11 or so. Colours are rendered in muted hues and lack the sparkle of the better lenses. Some colour fringing occurs all over the zooming range to become more troublesome for close-ups.[/I] So, better to test yourself before you get a worse lens than you already had. Source: [URL="http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html"]http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_zoom_00.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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