Great lens but not for beginners. Allows you to achieve impressive results with a certain experience
- Quality
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5.00 star(s)
- Build quality
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5.00 star(s)
- Ease of use
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2.00 star(s)
- Value for money
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4.00 star(s)
: Excellent build quality, excellent image quality between 1X and 3X, better sharpness between F/3.5 and F/ 8. There is a tripod foot, works great with Sony cameras. With a certain skill, it is very convenient for working in the field, if it is not known in advance what magnification will be used. Quite a working lens at closed apertures. Diffraction that inevitably occurs after the F8 aperture is excellently treated in post-processing. (in comparison with many macro lenses, it greatly wins in sharpness at the maximum closed apertures up to f16). Small front lens. Compact size when assembled - convenient for long journeys - saves space in your backpack .It has proven itself well on long hikes in tropical rainforests. There is no tendency to fogging. After five years of use in the jungles of Southeast Asia, no fungi or mold was found, it can withstand light rain completely without consequences. The contacts are not oxidized.
: Heavy. When you change the scale, the shooting changes very much in size and begins to resemble a huge telephoto lens. There is no way to change the diaphragm mechanically - only electronically. Sometimes bokeh looks very ugly in pictures due to the small number of aperture blades. Not the friendliest lens to flash mounts - you have to print your own mounts. The learning curve is very complex - a tricky lens, much more difficult to work with than a 90-100mm macro. But all the disadvantages are more than covered by the picture quality,
Great lens but not for beginners. Allows you to achieve impressive results with a certain experience. Definitely not the only lens in the keen macrophotographer's arsenal. The essential tool for tough working conditions. Optimal choice for entomologist photographing live insects of different sizes without stacking in the field with flash. It has proven itself in the harsh conditions of the tropical rainforest. I highly recommend it!