Good review. I just bought mine in KL for about $100.
Good review. I just bought mine in KL for about $100.
This is an awesome lens for price and build, I have had mine for a few years and it hasn't let me down yet!!
Canon 40D
Sigma 10-20mm 3.5 | Canon 50mm 1.8 II | Sigma 50-150mm 2.8 | 580EX II | Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip
Purchased this recently, returned it a week later.
Maybe i was expecting to much, as i've heard great reviews.
Bought a 50mm 1.8 and two months later it went into continuos focus hunting. Sent it back to Canon and they just replaced it with a new one that so far seems to work much better.
a good tip with these is to switch them to manual focus if you are storing them in a bag where they may get knocked around, it stops the focusing mechanism from any strain if you bump or force the end of the lens shut..
I like mine, very sharp, etc but the focus ring at the front gives me the irits seeing as I usually want to manual focus for shots I care about. I'm going to have to get the 1.4 with the wider ring soon.
Canon 60D + Canon 5D + mk 2 | EF 50 1.8, EF 70-300mm IS, EF 100mm macro, EF 35-135mm, EF 24-105L | EF 17-40L |
Tamron 17-55mm 2.8
This is a great lens, love mine. It helps me take great pics.
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Digging up an old thread but for an amateur it's great value for money.
As an am I've got a 650D with 18-135 kit Lens. Struggled with indoor, low light, around the camp fire type shots where I couldn't use a flash but get acceptable results with the 50/1.8.
At the low $100 mark I think it's a great "try before you buy" lens.