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An f-1.8 aperature, in a zoom is either insane, or a sign of things to come.... I mated this with my Canon 70D, and I am realizing a great pairing here. Heavy, yes, but zooms by nature have more glass. You can go cheaper, but have no doubt this is money well spent and your results need very little skill to show it. And, this is helping me take more and better photos, so my skills are improving even faster with this in my goody bag. NO kit lens can compare. The ample 72mm front element adds weight and filter costs, while many Kit & Pancake Primes can share one set of 52mm add-ons. Smaller cheap glass will never outperform a quality larger lens (IMO). A crop sensor lens, basically a limited & dedicated device to crop sensor bodies. I do not see this niche of the Camera Body market going away in the years I plan on still using this format, and this lens. All this being said, I consider this money VERY well spent. On social media, I can fake telephoto by cropping a large RAW file (~20MB) to fill a 2,000p frame with more sharpness that F'book can handle w/o compressing out detail. This Zoom will give me broad landscapes, night city scapes AND stars as well as provide all the Portraiture bokeh I could ever want. It works on several levels, and fits my desires more than adequately. Best of luck, whichever direction your desires take you in your hobby.Read full review
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I purchased this to use for my youtube videos because it was highly recommended. It is a good lens and it does have a sharp image, however, with the cost of this lens I would expect it to be quiet. The camera mic picks of the lens noise every time it focuses which is quite annoying. I have always used my camera mic because the quality is good. Now, I have to purchase a mic to use so the lens noise is not heard in my videos. Surly they can fix the lens so it isn't noisy.
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Had this lens for about 2mths now... after seeing reviews on this with the canon 70D camera, I am glad I purchased this. Did a lot of test shots at home first, trying to get used to lens, I noticed right away, not only is the lens sharp, but also it let's in a lot of light, being used to how to elevate your iso in dark areas, I have to set this way lower than all my other lenses, L lenses, prime, etc. I used this in a concert setting, primarily for video, and some pictures... and it didn't take much to adjust to my surroundings, being that at times I used my 18-135mm lens, I knew immediately how to adjust that iso and exposure. The only thing is I wished I had used a tripod with the 18-35mm, because of weight, and it can be pretty heavy when using on that 70D with grip, my arms were very sore the next day. I am very impressed with outcome of sharpness and zoom focus rings very fluid. I am now using this to replace the 40mm pancake lens and my 50mm 1.4, I still keep them for certain instances but this is my go to lens now. I love also the dof at 1:8... and the sharpness at 18 or 35mm zoom... nice and wide shots at 18mm zoom. This is minor but on my lens I have to make sure that lens cover is screwed on good, because on occasions it works it way loose after a while. This is a great combination with the 70D, autofocus pretty silent. Read full review
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This is one of my, if not my top favorite, favorite lenses of all time! Really love every aspect of this lens. The main aspect I love is the image followed by the build quality. It is a very reliable lens that makes up for its shortcomings like the zoom range and weight with the aperture, the sharpness, and its overall smoothness. Can't recommend it enough. Balanced, as all things should be.
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I 've had the Lens for less then a week haven't really put in shooting time but the image quality smooth focus pull this is Lenses at its finest even though I use it with an adapter for my m/43 olympus and can use it on my Black magic cinema camera this is the deal of the decade Ive had a host of Lenses and now with the olympus 45.1.8 its a rap also picked up a variable ND filter for the sigma its going to be sweet I highly recommend this Lens if you're on the fence get off and grab it
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