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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Pros: All-rounder focal length, acceptable quality, price, weight, utility, stabilizer Cons: Fairly marked limits and little else (as long as you know what you are buying) Opinion: Good lens with "all-round" focal lengths and even a little more. Lens that is often a kit lens a little more pumped up than the classic 18-55. Purchased used to mount it on a Canon 7D, spectacular coupling. In its simplicity it still excites me now. Excellent lens to start with (in my opinion), it allows you to have from wide angle to a low / medium telephoto lens. Nice blurry (limited, but very pleasant in my opinion). Stabilizer that works correctly (perhaps a bit simpleton, but defends itself well) and beautiful image rendering. The backlight and aberrations are also quite good, which if you use the 1 or 2 STOP diaphragm more closed also gives good sharpness (even at focal lengths "pushed" above 100/110mm) as well as greatly reducing the few aberrations present. All in all excellent lens that I recommend to those who want to approach the world of photography, it does not cost a kidney, it has an excellent rendering and slightly more extreme focal lengths than the classic 18-55mm. sent on January 09, 2025 |
 | Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro Pros: Price, weight, very close focus, focal length Cons: Pretty much everything else Opinion: Taken used to be mounted on a Canon 7D. From the first moment AF proved to be useless, as it is slow and imprecise (the times it manages to focus), used only and exclusively in MF it is not bad, indeed the ring is quite comfortable. The focus does rotate the barrel though, so it's difficult to use filters together. Although the 7D sensor is not very dense, the "artifacts" created by this lens are several and very evident (often the photos are not recoverable even in post). Marked and very present aberration, very evident distortion and a vignetting that I personally did not like. Obviously, not being stabilized, if you want to go up on the longer focal lengths (mandatory if you want a very close focus) you need to have a tripod. Taking into account the cost it has, I recommend it to those who want to try "macro" photography and those (like me) who want to test a medium-telephoto to understand if it is the desired focal distance. Used very little, I never had problems with electronics or anything else though. sent on January 09, 2025 |
 | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Pros: "All-rounder" focal lengths, F/2.8, excellent construction (taking into account that you don't have an L-series), fast and precise AF, price, pleasant vignetting Cons: weight (unbalanced when moving focal lengths), compatible only with APS-C, focal selector clutch too weak in relation to weight Opinion: Very pleasant all-rounder lens to use, with good sharpness and a good, albeit not perfect, detail even at full aperture (at least as far as I'm concerned). The fixed aperture at f/2.8 on all focal lengths is certainly its workhorse, making it fast and very bright (ideal for those who have APS-C and cannot afford to go up to very high ISO in darker scenes). I consider it robust and of excellent construction (not comparable to the L series, but certainly not even the price). Tropicalization is not essential for the use I make of it. The price of a good used car is very valid and competitive in my opinion; there are hardly any other lenses capable of performing so well in that price range. I found a vignette, I can't say whether to describe it as strong and marked or as sweet and light; despite this, it is pleasant to the eye and, if necessary, it can be easily corrected with a few steps in any post-production program. I think the weight is slightly "excessive" for the focal length range it covers (logical that, if you have to keep a fixed f/2.8, somewhere it must also weigh down). Accomplice of the weight is certainly also the stabilizer, useful when you have to go down a lot with the shutter speeds in dark situations. The weight balance, however, is not perfect: when you lengthen the lens you perceive an imbalance on the front (even quite aggressive), but nothing that cannot be controlled. I don't know if it's just my sample, but when you move around with this lens in your hand it always tends to go to 55mm. It's quiet and I've never heard any strange noises (I've read/heard someone complain about noises when focusing or moving the focal ring). Too bad for the compatibility only with APS-C, I would have gladly brought this lens even on a hypothetical full-frame. sent on January 06, 2025 |
 | Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Pros: Robust construction, tropicalization, internal zoom, 77mm filters, image quality, lightning-fast and precise auto focus, good focal range Cons: Weight compared to younger sisters (justified), price despite age (not senseless though) Opinion: Top of the range Canon lens as far as the medium length of the telephoto is concerned. The 2.8 aperture makes the lens ideal for any situation, very bright and fast like few others. even at TA at the 2 extremes of the focal lengths the photos do not come with too many distortions (chromatic aberration little and easily correctable in post, good sharpness and little loss of detail even at 200mm). The weight (compared to the other 70-200 that Canon produced) is quite a lot, but all justified by the presence of stabilization and the "crazy" aperture of 2.8. This leads to having to have the ring for the tripod so as not to strip the thread of the camera, thus adding more weight (which I honestly don't find too disabling). The robustness, materials and attention to detail that have been used to build this lens can be perceived, the tropicalization is the confirmation. If combined with a good camera body with a nice AF, the lens is lightning fast and precise even today. Too bad, however, for the price, which despite the 24 years it carries on its back, the project is still quite expensive (bought used with some small aesthetic defects for more than 600 euros). If this and the weight are not scary, well, in that case you have in front of you a lens with few errors, indeed none as far as I'm concerned! Recommended and in hindsight I would buy it again, even at the cost of spending a little more, because every time I shoot I can count every single penny spent. Absurd for a lens of this age, aged really well! sent on January 05, 2025 |
 | Canon 7D Pros: Robustness, AF, ergonomics, battery life, files that can be worked in post (taking into account the sensor, Mpx and age), current price of the second-hand, 8 FPS Cons: ISO hold, focus points (few compared to today's mirrorless cameras and only the central works very well) Opinion: I bought a used 7D circa 2022 doubtful if, as a first camera body, it still kept up with the times. Obviously the answer was no, let me explain: the car still behaves well now from many, indeed many, points of view. The AF is still a splinter, especially if mounted on medium/high-end lenses, but as mentioned above the focus points are not many (compared to modern cameras) and they do not all work in the same way. The central focus point is amazing, I have never reed a focus and it is practically instantaneous, the others I find more inaccurate (I know it is normal, but there is a clear and marked gap). Robust machine that digests all lenses, from low-end to high/professional. The best comes when you need to shoot sports or wildlife with a high-end lens (L-series or other). Photos that in this case remain well sharp and with details that I honestly don't know how the sensor manages to bring out (I happened to crop up to 1.5Mpx and the detail is still sufficiently present, always remembering that it is a non-flagship camera of 2009). The battery is eternal (I have an original battery from 2012 that still allows me to get to about 700/800 shots easily). Another point in favor is today's cost (I bought it with about 7000 shots with just over 200 euros) this in fact makes it in my opinion a good first camera for those who would like to become an amateur. Unlike many others I think that the ISO tightness (always taking into account the year of the project and the size of the sensor compared to the Mpx) is more than acceptable, yes the noise begins to be perceived already from 1600 ISO, but without being too picky and bringing the files to post-production I shot easily even around 4000/5000 ISO (I don't know if it's my impression or if it's my sensor in In particular, but ISO grain and loss of dynamic range do not go hand in hand, on the contrary, the dynamic range is more "tenacious" to ISO tightness, which therefore allows a minimum correction from "high ISO". Making the only real problem the noise generated). Body that seems more than robust, when held in hand it seems to be driving a tank, and infinite shutter (a friend of mine reached 230k shots and still gave satisfaction). Ergonomics that (for my fairly large hands) is spectacular, on this not at all to envy to the brand new mirrorless or reflex flagships, yes perhaps a bit heavy, but I find that it is not a disadvantage for me. I could go on with lines and lines of chat, I would like to conclude without getting bored. So I conclude by saying: This apparently spartan machine, but in reality also very refined in its own way, gives emotions, real emotions, punishes if you don't learn to know it and praises if you become "friends". I wish each of you to experience the same emotions that this little tank transmits to me. sent on January 05, 2025 |
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