Sony AF DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM A-mount lens review by kije
 kije#10115 date: Apr-13-2012 | |
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| sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 3 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 3.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Cheap not heavy good range (even on APS-C) good beginner lens minimum focus distance sharp beautiful colors |
| negative: | distortions on high contrast plastic focus-ring has no grip, so its not very usable for manual focusing |
| comment: | I'm a beginner, and this is my first lens (was in the Sony alpha SLT-A35K kit). The lens is very good for beginners, it's cheap but sharp and makes good pictures. Positive is also the very small minimum focus distance. 0.25 m are very near for taking beautiful photos of flowers etc. The only thing I think is bad is that when you take photos from a high-contrast motive (for example a tree's branches in front of a very bright, cloudy sky), the edges are not really sharp. |
; 20MPrating summary
- total reviews: 103
- sharpness: 4.20
- color: 4.30
- build: 3.40
- distortion: 3.88
- flare control: 4.14
- overall: 3.98