Lens which you regret buying it

[Halfmoon]

EFS 50 f1.8... not about the performance or anything but simply hated the plasticky feel! Sold it 1 day after! lolz

I do not really have any lens I regretted buying cos I do think a while before I buy and if buy, I will keep it cos there will be uses for it....

Mine is more like disappointment for the build of the 50mm F1.8.... I dropped it, and it broke into two... mine is a MIJ version, which I do not think you can find nowadays......

Really wished they have a 50mm F1.4 with ring USM... and since, I am without a 50mm prime.......

 

[ahboy168]

I don't have any that I regret buying, but I do regret selling my 18-55 IS, along with my 20D. So much so that I bought back the same lens/body combo a few months later.

Yes, i regret SELLING off my Canon 17-55 f/2.8, but only about 6 months later.
I sold off mainly because of the weight/size when i first started DSLR.
But now, i kind of "getting used to it". The len build is so so but IQ is really super good.

 

[cyquek]

I guess I will not say its a regret. All the lenses i purchase are those i felt i needed them for some use. I only sell when i realised that there are certain things that i no longer take and the lenses are no longer required in the dry cab.

I think i have more regret selling some lens then buying.....haiz

 

[lightning]

mine would be 300 2.8L IS. bought it 5 years back, used less than 20 times.

Well others have been helping you to make the lens worth!:bsmilie:

 

[genegoh]

Definitely the 75-300 and 70-300 IS USM. :S

 

[jasonlm]

Definitely the 75-300 and 70-300 IS USM. :S

Why 70-300 IS USM? The performance or you are not into a telephoto zoom lens.

 

[SumoBear]

I will have to say it is my Canon 50mm F1.4 USM BUT it is a love and hate relationship because the F1.4 is great and is giving me great photos:heart: BUT the focusing is slow:bheart:....:dunno:

So I am not sure whether have I regretted buying.....

 

[+evenstar]

Well others have been helping you to make the lens worth!:bsmilie:

yea lor...:bsmilie:

 

[genegoh]

Why 70-300 IS USM? The performance or you are not into a telephoto zoom lens.

The lens was soft and the IS didn't work very well. Perhaps I got a bad copy.

 

[newghost]

If its an exterior feel issue, why did you buy it in the first place?

that's a very good question for which i've no answer to... sorry!

here's many many more lenses which i regret buying.... hahahah!

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=758635

 

[RebelXsii]

none for me so far

18~55 for walk about and wide angle shots
55~250 for those moments when you don't want to walk right infront of your subject and spoils the natural expression, concerts, candids etc etc
50mm f1.8 for low light and bokeh-licious background isolation

only wished that my lens have bigger apertures, and not having front rotating elements when focusing

after reading the entire thread
have no clue what some of you are ranting about seriously

50mm f1.8
cheapest prime, $100+ for a f1.8? come'on what's there to complain seriously?
and btw this lens is sharp, definitely sharp, but if you think i'm being bias toward my own gear
take a look at the MTF chart done by photozone.de

anything above 1550 is rated "Very Good"
anything above 1850 is rated "Excellent"


55~250
superbly sharp from 55mm~150mm and at 250mm, Image Stabilization
which lens can provide you with the reach , and being relatively sharp and being priced at $380?
i will never be able to get this:

with any other lens priced at $380

and by pushing this lens to the 250 zoom range you can get decent bokeh as well

don't blame these lenses please :nono:

WTF bro i've shoot with 55-250 IS lens and even 75-300 USM lens at the moon and after cropping i still can't get a moon this good quality... how did u did it? Mind showing me the original picture.

My regrets are;
Tamron 17-50 (Non VC) version. AF slow and noisy.
I trade it for my 17-85 IS USM. Now i miss my 17-85 IS USM )=

50 f1.8 is slow and noisy but it only cost 100bucks.
What more can we say.
It's cheap so don't expect much.
haha

 

[zarray]

for me its perhaps my 50mm F1.8

I love it alot as well because the images coming from it are freaking sharp at F2.2 onwards.

However the AF is very unreliable and inconsistent IMO...what's the use of having a sharp lens that is unable to focus where you intend it to be? Someone advise me if it is worth my time sending it to CSC to calibrate or not?
Sometimes the focus is perfect...sometimes it is off slightly. Im wondering if this is due to the excessive play in the motor's gear.

 

[litlefiter]

WTF bro i've shoot with 55-250 IS lens and even 75-300 USM lens at the moon and after cropping i still can't get a moon this good quality... how did u did it? Mind showing me the original picture.

My regrets are;
Tamron 17-50 (Non VC) version. AF slow and noisy.
I trade it for my 17-85 IS USM. Now i miss my 17-85 IS USM )=

50 f1.8 is slow and noisy but it only cost 100bucks.
What more can we say.
It's cheap so don't expect much.
haha

Maybe it was because the moon was quite near when he shot it and he shot it from higher ground :think: my physics not very good :bsmilie:

 

[farbird]

confirm got use tele tube... for the moon shot..

 

[renzokuken]

WTF bro i've shoot with 55-250 IS lens and even 75-300 USM lens at the moon and after cropping i still can't get a moon this good quality... how did u did it? Mind showing me the original picture.

My regrets are;
Tamron 17-50 (Non VC) version. AF slow and noisy.
I trade it for my 17-85 IS USM. Now i miss my 17-85 IS USM )=

50 f1.8 is slow and noisy but it only cost 100bucks.
What more can we say.
It's cheap so don't expect much.
haha

moon shot was intentionally underexposed, using spot metering
if i remembered correctly, my shutter speed is around 1/500++
(the moon shot you see there is very near to a 100% crop and NO TELE TUBE is used)

this is the EXIF info

Dates

Taken on April 30, 2010 at 11.30pm PDT (edit)
Posted to Flickr June 3, 2010 at 10.53AM PDT (edit)
Exif data

Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -5/3 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 300 dpi
Y-Resolution 300 dpi
Date and Time (Modified) 2010:06:04 01:52:01

Exposure Program Aperture-priority AE
Date and Time (Original) 2010:04:30 23:30:23.63+08:00
Date and Time (Digitized) 2010:04:30 23:30:23
Max Aperture Value 5.7
Subject Distance 4294967295 m
Metering Mode Spot
Sub Sec Time Original 63
Sub Sec Time Digitized 63
Focal Plane X-Resolution 5315.43624161074 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution 5342.32715008432 dpi
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Compression JPEG (old-style)

Viewing Conditions Illuminant Type D50
Measurement Observer CIE 1931
Measurement Flare 0.999%
Measurement Illuminant D65
XMPToolkit Adobe XMP Core 4.2-c020 1.124078, Tue Sep 11 2007 23:21:40
Creator Tool Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Lens EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Lens ID 49
Image Number 0
Flash Compensation 0

Legacy IPTCDigest F937BA9F6E353EE9DF9553B3C59BBE07

Color Transform YCbCr
Flash Return No return detection
Flash Mode Off
Flash Function False
Flash Red Eye Mode False

on a side note
i wonder how the camera know this "Subject Distance 4294967295 m"

the rest of the 2 shots were shot with a third party hood, perhaps that improved the contrast of the picture a little

i will post the original picture when i'm free
i'm having exams now
btw do note that the pictures shown are not the actual size, which may translate to better perceived IQ

 

[renzokuken]

Maybe it was because the moon was quite near when he shot it and he shot it from higher ground :think: my physics not very good :bsmilie:

i shot it at ground level
from my HDB

it was a cloudless night

 

[henry soh]

Hi, I bought Sigma 12-24mm and canon 10-22mm for D700 and 550D. Now, they are sleeping
as I now use 3D sweep panorama for landscape with nex5 which is light for walkabout with 18-55mm.

 

[gohjialong]

I envy pple like you who can put lens like 10-22 to sleep lol. I saving up to get it myself man.

Hi, I bought Sigma 12-24mm and canon 10-22mm for D700 and 550D. Now, they are sleeping
as I now use 3D sweep panorama for landscape with nex5 which is light for walkabout with 18-55mm.

 

[pegasus7777777]

moon shot was intentionally underexposed, using spot metering
if i remembered correctly, my shutter speed is around 1/500++
(the moon shot you see there is very near to a 100% crop and NO TELE TUBE is used)

this is the EXIF info




on a side note
i wonder how the camera know this "Subject Distance 4294967295 m"

the rest of the 2 shots were shot with a third party hood, perhaps that improved the contrast of the picture a little

i will post the original picture when i'm free
i'm having exams now
btw do note that the pictures shown are not the actual size, which may translate to better perceived IQ

4294967295 =0xFFFFFFFF = 32 bits of data.
its the maximum number of bits your camera can store for the distance value.

Yes I'm a geek.

 

[Far far away]

For me, it's the 18-55mm lens. My first lens but right after buying it, I KNOW that I HAD to UPGRADE! Though for the price, it gives a very decent IQ, but the build is really like a toy. Should have gotten the better lens right from the start.

My regret is to sell my 15-85mm. It is a very sharp copy almost comparable to my current 17-55mm. :cry: