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Mestari ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 20 February 2008 Country: Poland Location: Mazowsze Status: Offline Posts: 842 |
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And I tried to have a nice follow up to recent STF buy and met with a seller of used 12-24 GM. Tried it quickly on the spot and... it was decentered. That was a second copy I tried. Previous one was even more decentered, this one had one really bad corner, one kinda bad or passable if you don't look too closely and the other two were good or excellent. Center was great too. But this is a 3000 USD lens. For that performance I could pay 300 maximum. What's with those GMs that you have to be so careful not to buy a dud? I would expect much better QC for that price.
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AudioDoc ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 26 January 2006 Country: United States Location: SLC Utah Status: Offline Posts: 3543 |
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Mestari,
Re: the 100mm GM STF. I have had that lens since shorting after it was introduced. My copy is excellent, but of course it is a highly specialized lens. Great for portraits, closeups/macro and of course the out of focus area rendition is beautiful. I haven't used the focus limiting switch much at all so I can't comment on that. Test reviews have said it works quite will when doing close focus. I haven't heard many complaints about decentering on the newer GM lenses. I have read about it on some older Sony lenses. I don't have that particular lens. I haven't noticed decentering on any of my Sony lenses, but I haven't done any critical testing on any of them either, just real world photography -- mostly landscape and travel photography stopped down. As for those in the USA thinking of a new lens purchases, now might be a good time. Prices may increase next year (think MAGA tariffs) ![]() |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6829 |
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Yeah, I can appreciate the technology that went into the 28-70 lens, and I’m sure it will appeal to some photographers, but I’m not on that list. I definitely prefer smaller and lighter lenses. Hence the Batis 135mm f2.8 instead of the Sony or Sigma 135mm f1.8. @Jadom Sounds like a good purchase. @Harm vb Ah, well, going from 3 lenses to 1 is one way to strive against GAS ![]() |
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α1, α7cii- Voigtländer 15/4.5, 110/2.5 M; Zeiss Loxia- 21/2.8, 35/2, 50/2 & 85/2.4, Zeiss Batis- 85/1.8 & 135/2.8; Sony 24-105/4 & 100-400/4.5-5.6; Sigma 70/2.8 M; Sony 135/2.8 STF
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Harm vb ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 19 May 2019 Country: Netherlands Location: Gorinchem Status: Offline Posts: 2819 |
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Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses.
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