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| sent on 04 Giugno 2024
Pros: Sharp, really sharp, used price
Cons: Lacks tropicalization and doesn't focus closely
Opinion: Found used for less than 600 euros, a part of me wanted the 180-600 Z for the internal zoom, but for him I had to spend more than three times as much and on top of that change camera body (I still have the d810), and I thought it wasn't worth it. The most important thing to say: it's really sharp, it gives optical results comparable to my 70-200 f/2.8 vrii, which I didn't expect at all: I've heard from some reviewers that some specimens are sharper than others, well this one really is very sharp, I almost feel guilty for having paid so little for such quality. I almost always use it from f7.1, where I can be sure to get excellent photos even at 500mm, not so much because it disappoints me at f5.6, but rather because in nature photography you can't ask a wolf to go back if the first shot turned out badly, so better be on the safe side. Now the cons: 1) the problem of humidity is really there: being telescopic, if it rains on top of the barrel while the lens is extended, the water enters inside the lens when it retracts. My specimen had a bit of condensation when I bought it, and I had to send it in for service to have it removed, to prevent it from becoming moldy. It was a calculated choice because, starting from the very low purchase price, the total expense was about 700 to have the lens refurbished, but I will have to be careful not to use it in the rain. As for you, if you buy it used, be careful, and above all consider that the internal zoom of the new 180-600 is the most important difference between these two lenses, such as to justify the purchase with the same optical quality, if you already use a Z camera. The build quality in general is also not on par with premium lenses, here there is plastic instead of metal; The 70-200 I feel it could fall on the floor and work the same, this one doesn't. 2) the good news is that it can take really good photos on subjects close to the limits of macro, such as butterflies and flowers [I expected that for close things I would have to change lenses, but I didn't]; The bad news is that it doesn't know how to focus well, it seems that the autofocus has been calibrated to search for distant subjects, and for close things you will have to pistol with the manual one. Final grade 8.5/10, they are very good lenses put inside a fragile and non-tropicalized body. It's the compromise to choose if you don't want/can spend 2K for a 180-600. |
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