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UER Forum > Archived UE Photography > any information on whether these lenses are any good? (Viewed 248 times) styleecaviar  Location: Memphis, TN Gender: Male Nation of Stylee  |  |  |  any information on whether these lenses are any good? < on 2/20/2007 7:33 PM >   Takumar-FZoom-Hoya 58 mm 1:3.5-4.5 Sigma-Sigma UC Zoom 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 Tokina-RMC Tokina 70-210mm 1:4 (0 with a slash through it)55 Tamron-Tiffen 72mm Haze-1 Tamron AF 28-200mm 1:3.8-5.6 (0 with slash)72 Tokina SD 28-70mm 1:3.5-4.5 (0 with slash)52 Pentax M-1:1.4 50mm any information would be greatly appreciated thanks! William S. Nations Explorer H  Obla-di-obla-doberator Location: Around the corner from the Turkey Hill Gender: Male I just want some slack.  |  |  Re: any information on whether these lenses are any good? <Reply # 1 on 2/20/2007 8:00 PM >   The circle with a slash is the diameter of the lens, it's the size of the filter the lens accepts. This is not important like the other numbers are. You have a few zooms listed that do not have the range, like a 28-80mm zoom. Maybe you could edit your list to include some of the zoom ranges. Most of the lens makers you listed are on the lower end of the quality scale. I own a Tamron 70-300mm zoom, and I like it, but I would probably like a Nikon ED lens better - better glass, better quality lens all around. Some folks here use many of the lenses you listed and love them. Others will tell you to stick with the big names like Nikon and Canon. I think Sigma is worth looking at, but if you don't have a ton of money to spend, and shoot a lot of pictures, well, then use what you can afford. Tamron, Tokina and Sigma are decent lenses for the budget-minded. If you shoot a lot of low-light imagery, pay attention to the aperture range. Too high of a large aperture means you need more light, which is impossible sometimes. I may be wrong about 90% of what I just wrote, so perhaps someone eles who is a bit more tech-minded than me can expand upon my babble. http://doublehmedia.com http://hartmancommercialphoto.com mortimer  Location: teronno  |  |  Re: any information on whether these lenses are any good? <Reply # 2 on 2/20/2007 8:55 PM >   Are these old manual focus lenses? If yes, I'd pass on all of them except the pentax. If they're new, well, personally I'd still pass on all of them except the pentax, although I'd have to pass on that too since I don't shoot pentax. Sigma may make tolerable lenses now, but they haven't always. Same goes for tokina. To this day I have yet to be even mildly impressed by any tamron, and I have no idea what a takumar is, I'll leave that to you to google.* *fine print: I am a lens snob, mostly because I like making fairly large prints. I did use a few cheap, shitty zooms when I started out, because I could afford them. Those included vivitar, sigma, tamron, makinon (sp?) and a few other ones whose names I've managed to burn from my memory. They were better than not having a lens at all, but I have a few photos from back then that I will never be able to print larger than 8x10, simply because the lenses were not sharp enough. Edit: Just saw your other post about the kit you bought. The 70-210 f4 looks like a nikon series e lens to me (which means it won't work on those cameras). However, old pentax cameras are great, and lucky you, the actual pentax-branded lenses are usually really nice and sharp, and pretty cheap. Look for a few fixed (non-zooming) pentax lenses, and you'll be good to go. [last edit 2/20/2007 8:59 PM by mortimer - edited 1 times] yep. Professor Chaos  Noble Donor Location: Halifax, NS Gender: Male  |  |  Re: any information on whether these lenses are any good? <Reply # 3 on 2/20/2007 10:04 PM >   I would also say to stay clear from all those lenses, expect for the Pentax. Having owned at one point a Sigma UC 70-210 F4-5.6 AF for Nikon, I can say, without a doubt, that it is an absolute waste of plastic and money. The images are very soft and lack contrast. The zoom itself is very flimsy, the AF is painfully slow and noisy. The only positive thing about it was that it was free and I was able to make 80$ off of it by selling it on eBay. Sigma had some very dark years, but I think their current EX series is great. The 10-20 is one heck of a beautiful lens, as is the 15-30 F2.8. [last edit 2/20/2007 10:04 PM by Professor Chaos - edited 1 times] "Toyota vehicles are marketed to people who would be more excited about getting a new fridge than a new car I think." -Bandi tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: any information on whether these lenses are any good? <Reply # 4 on 2/21/2007 12:41 AM >   Turns out, they arent! [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. 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