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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD Pros: Sharpness in general, derisory price, impressive stabilizer Cons: Photo a bit "flat", autofocus not very fast Opinion: I used it/am using it a lot, it is stellar value for money since I found it new on Amazon for less than 300€. Good construction. It has an IMPRESSIVE stabilizer that allows you to get very still shots freehand even at 1/40 of a second at 300 mm: it almost looks like the camera stops in mid-air! Very sharp from f/7.1 down, sharp even to f/4, not to cut your eyes but what do you expect? Towards 300mm it softens a little, but just a derisory amount (at least in my case): I have always managed to get very satisfying shots at 300mm. The photos are a bit flat because the lens doesn't have a good microcontrasto, so the sense of depth/three-dimensionality is hard to achieve. Finally, autofocus is not the fastest and often "hunts", that is, it gets lost and begins to go back and forth looking for the right point. But it's all details, for a price so you put up with this and more! sent on March 10, 2019 |
 | Tokina AT-X Pro 100mm f/2.8 Macro Pros: Quality, sharpness, multi-function lens, value for money, brightness Cons: Nobody Opinion: Very robust, almost entirely made of metal and glass, superb optics. It has an impressive yield and has two main functions: macros and portraits (and even landscapes, or rather, details in landscapes). It was very difficult to use on my D5200 because I was chasing insectines with the focus on the 1:1 ratio, without stabilization and without autofocus (it takes a body with an AF motor to have autofocus). On the D700 it is a whole different story: the skin tones are fabulous, the colors are fair and balanced and the weight of the machine is balanced very well by the weight of the lens, they seem made for each other. As for macro photography, the results are very satisfactory on both DX and FX. The D5200's 24 megapixels provide plenty of detail, and the D700's 12 megapixels give an almost "human" feel to macro photographs. I dare not imagine the level of sharpness on a D850, I guess you are hurt just looking at the image! Portraits and "detailed" street photography are still very feasible with this lens on an FX body, although you have to be careful of f/2.8 because the depth of field is really so narrow. Between f/4 and f/7.1 you make superb portraits and with the right light you get full-bodied photographs that give the feeling of being "three-dimensional". sent on March 10, 2019 |
 | Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16mm f/2.8 DX II Pros: Sharpness, yield, little distortion, usable on FX bodies at 16mm. Cons: Flare (sometimes retouchable in post) Opinion: Beautiful lens, heavy, well built. The switch to change the focus from auto to manual is very uncomfortable, because you have to push/pull and it is difficult to succeed at the first shot. I still love the surrender of this goal, the versatility to make street (on DX is the equivalent of a 16.5-24mm "standard"), sharpness and above all the absence of distortion from 13 to 16mm (the 11 and 12mm is still not strong and is absolutely correctable in Post). Another strong point is the maximum aperture of 2.8 that, when combined with the focal length of 16mm, allows you to detach the subject a bit from the background, with a very pleasant bokeh and not at all distracting. Obviously this lens is not meant for portraits or to isolate a subject, but after ten thousand photos wide-angle you get tired of always having all the shot in focus and you start to become a bit ' creative;-) Finally, this lens can also be used on a FX-mode body without vignetting at 16mm, with very little 15mm vignetting, with a 14mm correctable vignetting and with no more retouched black edges from 13mm down. Obviously the quality at the edges leaves a little to be desired on FX, but on the other hand it says "DX" on the barrel to clear letters. sent on March 10, 2019 |
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