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P-E
Loves the place
Registered: August 2005
Location: Sheffield, S.Yorkshire UK
Posts: 7746
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Review Date: Thu June 8, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Excellent Pro Lens
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None
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Recently sold this lens to Dave who no doubt will post his opinion on this lens when he finds time.
All I have got to say is the lens is quality.
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evilowl
Been here a while
Registered: September 2005
Location: London village
Posts: 376
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Review Date: Thu June 8, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £970.00
| Rating: 10
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Pin sharp, superb quality
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Price
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Lovely piece of glass that barely comes off my camera. Very little distortion and pin sharp right across the zoom range. Beautiful bokeh.
Excellent hood with a solid locking catch.
Highly recommended, even at the price.
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Dave
Pixalo Crew
Registered: July 2005
Posts: 15502
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Review Date: Wed June 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £819.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp images, distortion free, build quality, f/2.8 across focal range
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Have only taken about 50 shots to date, but did include a test aginst other lenses here
This test showed how close it is to a prime lens, which is real challenge for any zoom.
Extremely well made, has a great feel to it. Very smooth quiet Autofocus. A keeper I think 
Listed new price from HK incl VAT, as I bought this s/h.
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VikingPhotography
Forum Regular
Registered: July 2006
Location: Just south of Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 801
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Review Date: Sat September 2, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £1,200.00
| Rating: 9
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If you can afford just one pro lens, make sure it's this one
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Early models were soft in the corners, so buyer beware of S/H lenses
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This is the one lens I'd never leave the house without; an effective focal length on a dSLR of 25.5 - 82.5mm makes it the 'standard' lens for a good many subjects. It's extremely useable at f/2.8 and produces punchy, vibrant images which only get sharper as it's stopped down. There aren't many ways in which this lens could be improved so again, if you have the means to pick one up - do it!
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knobby
New here
Registered: November 2006
Location: Kent
Posts: 47
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Review Date: Thu December 28, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £880.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharp, contrasty fast, speedy silent focus
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wee bit heavy
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Just flogged my siggy 70-200 2.8 and a 24-120 vr to get one of these and haven't regretted it one bit ... it feels solid and professionally made, takes cracking pics and as Dave said has a pleasing bokeh (at 55mm, f 2.8). This is the lens I wanted 2 years ago but couldn't bring myself to pay so much for... wish i had done then, what have i been missing
Would definately recommend it
Gaz
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silver
Been here a while
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 321
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Review Date: Fri February 9, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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sharp, build
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no VR
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they should have put VR on it,. perhaps it would be more expensive but still it would have been the icing on the cake
that aside it's probably the event lens to use,. I know top wedding photogs who told me they could shoot a whole wedding with just this lens,. I don't think they were exaggerating
it's pretty decent wide open, by f4 things are really v good
Sil
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