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Equipment Type: Lens
Equipment Brand: Sony
Equipment Model: DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (SAL1855) - Brand New
Price (S$): 90
Description:
Sony DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (Smooth Auto-focus Motor).
Bought with A65 kit on 19 Feb 2012. Registered online with warranty till 18 May 2013!
Selling as not using kit lens. Brand New. Comes with both front and rear caps.
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The DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM performs very well for a kit lens, challenging the Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 for the crown of best all-round performer in its class in our studio tests. It's undoubtably superior to the DT 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 lens it replaces, maintaining image quality across the frame to match the demands of modern high resolution sensors in a far more convincing fashion.
Sharpness: Sharpness is high for this class of lens, and impressively consistent across the frame at all settings (a big improvement over the 18-70mm). Unusually the lens tends to be sharpest wide open and deteriorate on stopping down, perhaps hinting at a slight focus shift at smaller apertures. Overall though there's really very little to criticise here.
Chromatic Aberration: Chromatic aberration is generally pretty well-controlled. The only concern is some fairly strong red/cyan fringing in the corners at wideangle, but there's nothing to worry about at longer focal lengths - again an advance over the old 18-70mm.
Falloff: We consider falloff to become perceptible when the corner illumination falls to more than 1 stop less than the centre. There's really nothing of note here, only a stop or so wide open at 18mm.
Distortion: Distortion is the biggest flaw in an otherwise impressive showing - barrel distortion at wideange is strongly pronounced at 3.3%, practically matching our current record-holder (the Canon EF-S 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS). Zoom in, though, and distortion progressively disappears; at the telephoto end it's insignificant.
----------------- DP Review ----------------
Real Name: LTG
Contact Number: HP: 97506007
Condition of Item: Mint
Warranty Status: Registered online with warranty till 18 May 2013!
Additional Comments:
Meet up in AMk, Hougang or Serangoon mrt.
Priced-to-sell already. No low ballers, pls...
Equipment Type: Lens
Equipment Brand: Sony
Equipment Model: DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (SAL1855) - Brand New
Price (S$): 90
Description:
Sony DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (Smooth Auto-focus Motor).
Bought with A65 kit on 19 Feb 2012. Registered online with warranty till 18 May 2013!
Selling as not using kit lens. Brand New. Comes with both front and rear caps.
----------------- DP Review ----------------
The DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM performs very well for a kit lens, challenging the Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 for the crown of best all-round performer in its class in our studio tests. It's undoubtably superior to the DT 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 lens it replaces, maintaining image quality across the frame to match the demands of modern high resolution sensors in a far more convincing fashion.
Sharpness: Sharpness is high for this class of lens, and impressively consistent across the frame at all settings (a big improvement over the 18-70mm). Unusually the lens tends to be sharpest wide open and deteriorate on stopping down, perhaps hinting at a slight focus shift at smaller apertures. Overall though there's really very little to criticise here.
Chromatic Aberration: Chromatic aberration is generally pretty well-controlled. The only concern is some fairly strong red/cyan fringing in the corners at wideangle, but there's nothing to worry about at longer focal lengths - again an advance over the old 18-70mm.
Falloff: We consider falloff to become perceptible when the corner illumination falls to more than 1 stop less than the centre. There's really nothing of note here, only a stop or so wide open at 18mm.
Distortion: Distortion is the biggest flaw in an otherwise impressive showing - barrel distortion at wideange is strongly pronounced at 3.3%, practically matching our current record-holder (the Canon EF-S 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS). Zoom in, though, and distortion progressively disappears; at the telephoto end it's insignificant.
----------------- DP Review ----------------
Real Name: LTG
Contact Number: HP: 97506007
Condition of Item: Mint
Warranty Status: Registered online with warranty till 18 May 2013!
Additional Comments:
Meet up in AMk, Hougang or Serangoon mrt.
Priced-to-sell already. No low ballers, pls...