Pros: Light, long, relatively cheap and sharp. Cons: No focus limiter. Tendency to front-focus. Soft, with purple fringing at 500mm.
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I previously tried this lens on a Canon SLR, and ...
Pros: Decently sharp, long, cheap, lightweight. Cons: Slow autofocus, no focus limiter. Minolta version front-focuses (though Canon is fine)
This is the THIRD time I have submitted this review to Epinions. My first review somehow vanished, only to reappear under, of all places, the Epinions listing for a SanDisk flash drive. I never reviewed that drive, and have no idea how my lens review ...
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