Minolta AF 17-35mm F2.8-4 D A-mount lens review by Ebbelboiz
 Ebbelboiz#44438 date: Dec-14-2019 | |
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| sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 3 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 3.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Tamron 16-300 f3.5-6.3 Tamron 24-70 f2.8 |
| price paid: | €150 (used) |
| positive: | - the lens is pretty sharp in the image center, even wide open - lens works well for low light situations |
| negative: | - has quite some distortion and softness in the corners, especially wide open - build quality seems a little cheap - flares are very strong and sometimes hard to remove afterwards |
| comment: | A very good lens for the price which does a pretty good job on APS-C. Sharpness in the center of the image is good, sometimes even really good. However the corners (especially the upper corners if you're shooting horizontally) can be pretty soft at times and I would imagine that that's even more of a problem with full frame cameras. If you're shooting a scenery with a sky that doesn't really matter that much since you don't notice the softness on clouds or plain backgrounds. However if you're shooting nature scenes like forests, waterfalls etc. it can be pretty annoying. |
rating summary
- total reviews: 133
- sharpness: 4.27
- color: 4.58
- build: 4.14
- distortion: 3.74
- flare control: 3.60
- overall: 4.07