Of course, as soon as I pull out my camera to test the new lens, they
turn down the lights. Lighting conditions were tough, I was shooting
wide open (f/1.8) ISO 3200 at 1/8-1/13 second. When they turned up the
lights for the birthday jam, I was able to bump the shutter speed all
of the way up to 1/15, but it was a faster song, so people were moving
faster.
All in all, I'm happy with the optics of this lens. The optics don't
seem to be the weak link in these conditions, and my gut feel is that
I'm getting better contrast out of this lens than I have in the past.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622988217498/
I'm still not happy with the manual focus. I have determined that it
gets stiff with the focus drive gear in the same position of every
revolution (one end of the slot at 2 O'clock). This happens with the
lens on the camera or not. I need to find another one locally to try
out and compare.
It's interesting that when I tried the savvy shopper app on my droid
with the UPC on the box, several places on the net had dropped their
price from $569 to $519. I may end up returning this and paying the
extra $20 to get one someplace else.
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Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est
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