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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Fujifilm XF 16mm f/2.8 R WR Pros: Tropicalization - Compactness - Optical and mechanical quality Cons: Nobody Opinion: Bought to leave it fixed on the XE3. It does not disappoint: optical and mechanical quality really very good and deadly coupled with the XE3. Focal length equivalent to 24mm on FF lends itself really well to being carried around all the time. Low maximum yield weight. I photograph everything and it never disappoints. Amazing sharpness at full aperture (in the center), it becomes a blade if diaphragmated (4.0/5.6) uniforming the yield to the whole frame. Really recommended. sent on September 02, 2021 |
 | Nikon 50mm f/1.4 Ai-s Pros: Metal and glass - Optical quality (stopped a bit) Cons: Don't have it. Opinion: What I can do with it: 50mm is my passion. I own three and I use all three. Nikkor Ai 50mm1.4, Nikkor Afd 50mm1.8 and Olympus OM 50mm1.4. The Nikkor 50mm1.4 has good optical performance if stopped a little. At the end of the opening the vignetting becomes evident, has a discreet coma and the contrast drops a lot. Between f.2 and f.4 it improves suddenly and at f.5.6 reaches its maximum. It is a pleasure to use it, especially on mirrorless and especially in B/N. Built as a tank, as they used to be built, it does not clutter the bag for excursions where lightness becomes fundamental. It always returns well-balanced images such as colors and contrast and great tonal passages in B/N. It has a very pleasant blurry and the sharpness is as satisfying as the feeling of use. Bought on the baya at a price that screamed buy me, in conditions as new. I still have to whip him well but the warnings of the first shots promise well. Happy to own it even more than to use it. sent on May 22, 2021 |
 | Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8 D Pros: Small - Lightweight - Compact - Crisp at all openings Cons: For what it costs no one Opinion: I have always had this goal: first on analog reflex now on digital FF (D600) and Mirrorl. (Fuji XE3). Never a disappointment. Well balanced colors and excellent sharpness to all diaphragms. On mirrol. it becomes a 75mm1.8 that I use for still life and other works and very little for portraits where I prefer the 85mm1.8. Light and versatile is the optics to take on travel, where you want to stay light without sacrificing quality. Fun and built optics like all AFds: glass and plastic. Price with packaging and conditions as new around 90.00 Euros. Well spent in my opinion... then you do it yourself. sent on May 12, 2021 |
 | Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.4 Pros: Optical/mechanical quality - Price of used car Cons: Don't have it Opinion: The 50mm was once the standard lens with which to start. The 50mm1.4 few could afford them: cost almost as much as the machine body and therefore reserved only for professionals. There were no 50mm that didn't go well: all the manufacturers churned out very good optics in this focal point. Help, however, from the "simplicity" of the optical scheme. Then came the zooms, which in their excursion, covered this focal (with very questionable quality) and slowly entered into quiescence (undeservedly). In my opinion, they are still the best lens to keep on the stock exchange and to use. Compact to the point of keeping them even in a jacket and performing like few other optics. Olympus has always distinguished itself in optical production and this 50mm1.4 is no exception. Crisp and with a pleasant blurry to all openings, it always returns photos that live up to expectations. A little soft and "dreamy" at full opening becomes a war machine with more closed diaphragms. Second-hand prices invite you to buy: prices start at 80 - 100.00 euros for specimens of the first series (serial with 6 digits and yellow front lens) to reach about 200.00 euros for the specimens of the last series (7-digit serial and blue front lens) obviously in excellent condition. Is these figures worth spending? In my opinion, yes, with conviction. It is an amazing optics to possess absolutely. Then you do it. sent on April 28, 2021 |
 | Sigma 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM Pros: Construction quality - Optical quality - Price of used car. Cons: Considering the purchase price... Nobody. Opinion: It is the lens that you do not expect at the price you buy it (obviously in the used). Prices vary depending on the conditions but are worth every single penny paid out. Beautifully built, it looks solid and reassuring. 21 stabilized and corrected lenses apochromatically in 1.8 kg of weight do not make him a "feather" to wear cheerfully around. He deserves respect and attention. He deserves a solid tripod. It deserves the intervention of the photographer who must not just press the shutter button. It deserves focus control and a decent iris (f 8.0). It deserves a good light. If given all this attention, it will return sharp photos with balanced colors, indistinguishable from those made with more "bland" optics. Used on FF Nikon and on Aps-c Fuji a show! I'd buy it back a thousand more times. Super recommended if the range of focals it covers is for you. sent on March 02, 2021 |
 | Nikon D600 Pros: Stratospheric sensor and still current. The price of the used car. The quality of the files. Held at high ISO. Cons: Not found yet. Opinion: I believe one of the best FF sensors adopted by Nikon. 24 megapixels are enough and advance to make each and hold to the tall iso amazing. Excellent image quality and price of used even more. I photograph everything and never a disappointment, never an empty shot. When used with good optics it guarantees fulfilling results. I've always had it and I'd buy it back again. sent on December 23, 2020 |
 | Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 135mm f/3.5 (model 2) Pros: Construction - Optical quality - Value for money. Light. Cons: Minimum focus distance 1.5mt Opinion: Extraordinarily light and performing optics. Inserted in the Fuji X system, it is the ideal complement for transportability and optical quality. It returns sharp, contrasting images with old style colors with truly pleasant pictorial blurr. A real blast to use it and transport it. Derisory purchase price (found on the baya in showcase conditions for Euro 40.00 +ss) turned out to be a faithful companion to always keep on the stock exchange. I'm excited about it. I'm going to put other Takumar optics in the kit, then do you. sent on November 20, 2020 |
 | Fujifilm X-E3 Pros: The usual quality of Fuji: great product for the price range; firmware updates etc. Cons: As soon as I find them I communicate. Opinion: Just bought. Very happy owner of the XE2 I decide to add the XE3. The image quality is identical, despite the eight megapixels more, the robustness a little less. More compact than the sister "minor" and therefore lighter. No built-in flash (they give a separate one that feeds with the machine battery) and different menu to familiarize yourself with. Identical autonomy (300/350 shots). I thought about why Fuji churned out the XE3 since there was the 2 and the only answer I gave was that of the touch-sensitive display, still not adjustable. First shots: less "analog" than the XE2. The 24 megapixels are more nervous than the 16 of the XE2 and put vintage or third-party optics more on the rope (I use Nikon fixed optics with adapter: 14mm - 28mm - 50mm - 85mm) removing them from "materiality". Nothing worrying but the difference can be seen in the tonal passages of the B/N. Long story short: is it better to buy the XE3 to replace the XE2? I don't think so: If you already own your younger sister, hold on to it or think about something else. sent on October 30, 2020 |
 | Pentax M SMC 28mm f/2.8 Pros: Light, "iron and glass" construction, versatile, economical, good overall quality. Cons: No one saw the price. Opinion: Bought to use it with adapter on mirrorless Fuji, it turned out to be a great purchase. It does not have a great yield (sin especially in microcontrast) and will never enter the top teen of the best 28mm vintage products but the use on mirrorless has its reason. Sharp enough, it expresses itself at best, paradoxically, in situations of little light and in the B&W and just diaphragm of some stop returns really pleasant and almost pictorial images. Lightweight, impeccably built, it becomes a fun to bring it in tow making you forget you have it. The use in macro, used inverted on pipes and/or bellows gives excellent magnification ratios and good overall quality. Recommended... given the price and the overall yield. sent on December 10, 2019 |
 | Pentax A SMC 50mm f/1.7 Pros: Light, crisp, cheap, versatile. Cons: For what it costs... Nobody! Opinion: Those who, like me, started photographing in the distant 80s with Pentax system (ME Super 50mm1.7 in my case) can not help but love this goal. It was the classic lens supplied to The Pentax reflexes, just to start photographing (in film, of course). Above all, that's what I could afford financially. Sharp just diaphragmed and with a good return of colors. It was the lens with which you learned to photograph, learning the first rudiments. I owned several, then resold for system changes and today repurchased, with adapter to use it on mirrorless Fuji. A show!!! Very sharp, light, multifunctional. Inverted allows you to make excellent macrophotos and used on bellows or macro tubes turns into what you do not expect (at a ridiculous cost). Used in a conventional way it becomes an amazing portrait lens. What more can i ask him? sent on December 10, 2019 |
 | Fujifilm XF 18-55 f/2.8-4R LM OIS Pros: Optical quality-versatility-lightness-price/performance ratio Cons: As soon as I find them, I communicate! Opinion: To be a lens designed to be supplied in a kit, it really gives a lot: from construction to optical quality. Excellent sharpness at all focal lengths (actually at 55mm drops slightly at open diaphragms) and lightness to forget to have it hanging around your neck. Excellent the out of focus. I'm trying it in various situations of light and always responds well to such a point that I'm considering whether it is worth to buy other fixed optics. Optical handyman to possess... Absolutely. Point! sent on June 02, 2019 |
 | Fujifilm X-E2 Pros: Very light, built very well, jpg ready, fantastic in B/W and color portraits. Cons: Battery that lasts a little (but the batteries always last a little). Opinion: How can a good-looking "Nanerottola" compete with the Giants? Just by lining up respectable files... And I could already greet everyone here! The 16 megapixels are squeezed to the last and return photos to remain open-mouthed. Transportability and lightness that makes you forget to have it and an optical park to bring the stomach ache to the Giants on cited. There are virtually adapters for every type of optics, obviously losing the AF functions at the moment (except for Canon). Updated with firmware 4.11 (Fuji releases updates) becomes another machine... And here's the second greeting. Ideal for urban photography strictly in B/W and fantastic rendition of the complexion in color portraits. Held in the amazing high ISO and when you really exaggerates the noise is never unpleasant. Almost finished sviolinate because I have yet to add that is really beautiful aesthetically. Negative Note: Battery life (if accustomed to APS-C and FF). The house declares 350 shots, realistically makes it 300 or so. Highly recommended the purchase of additional batteries. Bought only body with adapter for Nikon optics, just to experiment, (14mm-50mm-85mm) But I'm seriously thinking of doing the "jumping quail" and finally go to the Fuji system. Familiarity with the electronic viewfinder and the assisted focus (if used in manual) "calves" only beautiful files and becomes amazing with its objectives. Finally: Does it make sense to buy a Fuji X-E2 in 2019? In my humble opinion... MUCH, considering the prices of the used and the quality it gives. Then you do! P.S. be careful... Addictive and does not allow rehabilitation! sent on April 16, 2019 |
 | Tokina AT-X PRO 80-200 f/2.8 AF Pros: Solid as a rock-Price of the used-Very good optical performance. Cons: For what it costs and for what... No cons! Opinion: Little-known Optics, unimmeritedly in my humble opinion. Returns real colors and a "human" sharpness. The files obtained are pleasantly workable in post production and the sensation that, by using it, is of extreme solidity and mechanical precision. It is true: it is not weather sealed and does not have an ultra fast focus, as the fashion of the moment imposes... But not by problems. No engines whistling and then planting: practically indestructible. It does Not have a great tightness in backlight but how many photos we take in these conditions? For everything else it's really OK. Good sharpness and wonderfully doughy Booke, given by a nine-bladels diaphragm. I bought it for my daughter... I think I'm going to use it too! sent on April 05, 2019 |
 | Tokina AT-X PRO 28-70mm f/2.8 Pros: Optically valid at all focal lengths. granitic construction. Cons: Considering the value for money... none! Opinion: I owned version II of this beautiful lens, little known and sometimes snubled. Let's do some order: there are four versions of the Tokina 28-70mm 2.8. First version: It is not initiated Pro. Optically modest. Second version: It does not carry the mark of the Tokina but, hear hear, Angenieaux 28-70mm 2.6/2.8. Angenieaux commissioned the Tokina to assemble the optics and Tokina took over the rights (the blue sheets on which it was designed) at the expiration of the lens. Extremely good optical quality, good contrast, excellent color restitution, and very rare to find. It costs around 1500.00 euros. Third version: (actually second marked Tokina) appears the abbreviation PRO. It's the exact same lens as before, optically. What changes? Fixed aperture at 2.8, different barrel shape. Tokina, acquired the rights, decided to give him the current form and the actual aperture of the diaphragm (also in the version Angenieaux the actual aperture was 2.8). Fourth version (third marked Tokina): the abbreviation SV (Special Value) appears. Those marked with this abbreviation, represent the economical version before the scene output of the zoom in object. In What it consisted of the cheapness I do not know, I have never owned the SV version and therefore I am silent. Final considerations: The second version, the one marked Pro, is the best version. If found in good condition you buy with 250, 00euro and it really represents a great deal. Try to believe! sent on February 14, 2019 |
 | Nikon AF 85mm f/1.8 D Pros: Optical quality, natural colour rendering, price/performance ratio. Cons: They don't produce it anymore. Opinion: Extremely high performance optics even at full aperture... and I could already greet you here! Closing the diaphragm becomes amazing without going down heavy... and here it would take the second greeting. You will find points of weakness and to your amazement you won't see why the surrender is truly spectacular. Then you'll read reviews that emphasize a nervous and unpleasant fuzzy and looking at the photos obtained with this lens you ask: "But what are they talking about"? I think that the optics should be used and not measured and that the extreme brightness is always reached with many compromises that we pretend not to know and not see... so they correct in post production with a few simple clicks. With 300.00 euros, if in perfect condition, buy a spectacular optics that will accompany you for many years giving you lots of satisfactions. I recommend it, owning it from twenty years, then you do! sent on February 12, 2019 |
 | Nikon AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 D ED Pros: Amazing clarity at all focal points - Return of real colors - Price used. Cons: First generation AFS engine that first whistles and then maybe plants you. - Really disproportionate weight and size. Opinion: I think it's one of the best zoom lenses designed by Nikon in this range of focal points. In some respects optically higher than the 24-70 of the latest generation: warm colors and sharpness at the highest levels at all focal points. At f 5.6 it reaches its maximum sharpness (those who measured it detected just under 4000 l/mm. Balanced contrast and never exasperated. Spectacular in B&W. A real pleasure to use it. Solid and heavy as a boulder. Sore point the AFS engine: first it starts whistling and then maybe it plants you in the ace (my whistle for 5 years). Cost of repair just over 300 Euros. The price of the used varies according to the state: with engine still working and good looking around 650/750 Euros; with engine gone (use only in manual) around 300 Euros. Knowing all this it is better to buy it? I think so! The price paid in both cases is well below the optical and mechanical quality returned (really remarkable). With motor gone the manual use of the focus is really easy, Considerable are also the dimensions: by grafting the lampshed it seems to have an oak trunk in your hands. As for the weight (around kg) you have to get used to it a little bit. Optics born to grind photographs, not recommended for out-of-door exits with machine and optics dangling on the neck... unless you have M. Tyson's neck. Then you do it! I'd buy it back a thousand more times. sent on February 06, 2019 |
 | Nikon AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED Pros: Practical, versatile, light, good sharpness at all focal lengths. Cons: No one... considering the price. Opinion: I have this lens since always, bought in Kit with a D70s. Having more performing optics I always mistreated and relegated to the bottom of the photo backpack until I decided to try it. The "toy" has drawn character and good intentions. Good sharpness and good color restitution at all focal lengths. Closing the diaphragm, in good light conditions, results in unsuspected personalities. Used on Full Frame, with crop set in the machine, leaves bases. I don't call it the "toy" anymore and when you need it I use it with conviction. Obviously it is not a professional optics superbright, but every time I use it gives me good impressions. I recommend it, just to start... then you do! sent on February 01, 2019 |
 | Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4 Pros: Optical quality versus price. Good construction. Cons: Old-fashioned optics with AF of the dawn. It works on machines with an AF motor mount. Opinion: A lens that goes back to the nights of the times but definitely better than the 70-210 mm 4.5-5.6 AfD. Good sharpness on all focal and better Nikon construction of current productions. Real colors and good contrast, never squealed. Autofocus noisy but in line with its time. It gives good satisfactions if well used once known the limits. Those looking for a low-priced zoom lens but with good optical qualities should evaluate their purchase if they have the "luck" of crossing one in the used ads. The price varies obviously according to the general conditions and does not exceed 150, 00euro. Beware of the ring games. sent on January 29, 2019 |
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