Originally posted by tomshen
Red Dawn, can I know your personal opinion abt this lens pls?
Hi
fine for general use, but for critically sharp work at wide open apertures of f3.5, i wouldn't recommend it. Definitely a bit on the soft side wide open. Distortion is pretty well controlled, and i have some prints from a film camera taken with this lens to see that. But there are others who have reported it's pretty bad on a film camera.....could be due to sample variations, but the one i had corrects distortion very well, and is sharp from f5.6 onwards...........if u're into landscapes and shoot a lot stopped down, you can consider this one. Fast focus too.
It flares quite easily however, with bright colourful purple dots all over indoors with bright ceiling lights. you may want to watch out for that!
there's no way for u to mount a filter on it. The flower hood is built in.
the lens is well built though. Solid build quality - no complains about that one.
All in all, i would say with digital SLRs, some of the edge softness is masked well. With film bodies though, u may want to consider. However, it's definitely not a bad lens. I need to shoot wide and fast a lot, and hence the reason why i sold it for something that is faster in terms of aperture.