Review 5 of 32
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$120.00
from E Bay Summary: I am a great fan of (expensive) PRIME lenses having owned and used them often during the 1980’s when I was mad keen, so in a way this is my first experience of a ‘cheapie’ EF lens.
I began collecting Canon FD and now EF EOS just a few months ago and have recently purchased a lovely (MINT) example of Canon’s old 28 F2.8 lens via E Bay for not much cash. This lens comes from the age when lens design wasn’t too concerned that any new lens had to cover 24 to 300 with 1:1 close up etc etc!
In other words it’s old but solid being designed to do ONE job really well rather than a jack of all trades and master of none.
It’s noisy, but not as bad as most Nikon auto focus lenses, it has no real manual focus ring but does have a DoF scale. It’s light and fairly fast at F2.8 and here’s the good news you can USE it wide open and still gain a decent shot – unlike most zooms which are far too soft. No problems with flare – have the matching Canon hood (which feels far too loose when in place) and the image sharpness and colours and contrast are spot on. Not an L lens but at only 10% of the cost it’s well worth trying……
Don’t be put off because it cheap as chips – get a good one and this cute little lens is a cracker!
Strengths: Excellent image
Use it wide open and still get a decent shot (unlike most 'super' zooms)
Light
Compact
Cheap! Weaknesses: Not USM
Manual focus ring too small ( common problem on older EF lenses) Similar Products Used: Nikon 28 f2.8 Nikkor Ai-s
Nikon 24 f2.8 Nikor Ai-s
Nikon 28 - 200 AF
Nikon 35 f2 Nikkor Ai-s
Canon 28 - 200 (AVOID)
Canon 28 F3.5 ( lovely) FD
Canon 35 f2.8 FD
Tokina 28 - 20 F2.8 ATX Pro
Simga 28 - 135
Etc
Etc Customer Service: Great buy from E Bay - excellent seller, cheap price..
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