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The best walk around landscape lens -- ever :-)
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<blockquote data-quote="nsomnac" data-source="post: 546538" data-attributes="member: 41774"><p>Sure. That's always the case - and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My experience so far with this lens, is that it's nothing special. If you're an F/8 or higher shooter - I think this is a good lens for the value and you'll be very happy with it. </p><p></p><p>If you're into shallow DOF, or need a lens to function indoors without a flash too, it's just not a good lens - you need a lens that is in the f/2.8 to f/1.2 range (which requires about 2-3 different fairly expensive lenses to get the full 17-140 range)</p><p></p><p>I won't discount that there aren't lots of good photos with this lens, acknowledging subjectivity, if you take a look at the vast majority of the good ones they fall into a few categories: bright light, long exposure, small aperture, or high ISO. </p><p><a href="https://pixelpeeper.com/adv/?lens=13524&camera=1778&perpage=12&focal_min=none&focal_max=none&aperture_min=none&aperture_max=none&iso_min=none&iso_max=none&exp_min=none&exp_max=none&res=3" target="_blank">https://pixelpeeper.com/adv/?lens=13524&camera=1778&perpage=12&focal_min=none&focal_max=none&aperture_min=none&aperture_max=none&iso_min=none&iso_max=none&exp_min=none&exp_max=none&res=3</a></p><p></p><p>FWIW: I also think this lens throws color balance off (including at different focal lengths but same time/subject). It seems to seek extremes - either very cool or very warm; but generally more cool. I think this has to do with the falloff in the corners.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nsomnac, post: 546538, member: 41774"] Sure. That's always the case - and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My experience so far with this lens, is that it's nothing special. If you're an F/8 or higher shooter - I think this is a good lens for the value and you'll be very happy with it. If you're into shallow DOF, or need a lens to function indoors without a flash too, it's just not a good lens - you need a lens that is in the f/2.8 to f/1.2 range (which requires about 2-3 different fairly expensive lenses to get the full 17-140 range) I won't discount that there aren't lots of good photos with this lens, acknowledging subjectivity, if you take a look at the vast majority of the good ones they fall into a few categories: bright light, long exposure, small aperture, or high ISO. [url]https://pixelpeeper.com/adv/?lens=13524&camera=1778&perpage=12&focal_min=none&focal_max=none&aperture_min=none&aperture_max=none&iso_min=none&iso_max=none&exp_min=none&exp_max=none&res=3[/url] FWIW: I also think this lens throws color balance off (including at different focal lengths but same time/subject). It seems to seek extremes - either very cool or very warm; but generally more cool. I think this has to do with the falloff in the corners. [/QUOTE]
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