David St. Juskow
April 7th, 2010, 02:09 PM
Did I miss something in my advanced searches, or has no one discussed this lens yet in the forums? Seems odd, since it sounds like a pretty sweet lens- a very wide range, fairly fast for a zoom lens, and under 500 bucks. Can't find many comprehensive reviews on this, especially when relating it to video, so I'm confused- are we simply not familiar with the lens?
If one were to avoid buying a prime, what competes with this, price/speed/range wise? I know you can't beat primes for sharpness, but I just use zoom way too much on video for a prime to be useful at this point. I ordered the Tokina 11-16, so this seems like the perfect companion. It's been a long time since I've had to shop for lenses (once digital video came into the world) so I'm a little behind on the current wisdom. Just went through the other lens threads, but they mostly discuss primes, and no one mentioned this little guy, which seems like a perfect fit for the t2i.
Maybe it's not very sharp..?
If one were to avoid buying a prime, what competes with this, price/speed/range wise? I know you can't beat primes for sharpness, but I just use zoom way too much on video for a prime to be useful at this point. I ordered the Tokina 11-16, so this seems like the perfect companion. It's been a long time since I've had to shop for lenses (once digital video came into the world) so I'm a little behind on the current wisdom. Just went through the other lens threads, but they mostly discuss primes, and no one mentioned this little guy, which seems like a perfect fit for the t2i.
Maybe it's not very sharp..?