Phoenix AF 100-400mm f/4.5-6.7 Tele Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

RickP66
( Intermediate)

Review Date
August 21, 2005

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5,
5 votes

Review 1 of 2

Price Paid: $350.00 from Marshall's Cameras

Summary:

What a piece of junk. I got suckered into buying this lens when I first got my Digital Rebel, since I couldn't afford a good supertelephoto. What a mistake. It is a truly horrible piece of equipment that I would not reccommend to my worst enemy.

Strengths:

Light. Cheap.

Weaknesses:

SLLLLLLOOOOW. Soft as a down comforter. Cheaply built.

Similar Products Used:

Canon 100-400L Sigma 50-500

Customer Service:

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Rating
Reviewed by:

filmslr8
( Intermediate)

Review Date
May 24, 2004

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.38 of 5,
8 votes

Review 2 of 2

Price Paid: $150.00 from North County Camera

Summary:

Can't beat the price for this lens. The lens is sharp and has good color at 100mm. It is sharp at 400mm and quite neutral in color. It is built well with a metal Pentax mount but with a plastic filter mount. It is quite long at about 7 inches but is manageable. This is a great lens for the value. The pictures have been very pleasing with 35mm film and processed to 4 X 6 prints. The meter scale is very useful for manual focus.

Strengths:

great price for such a range fairly sharp lightweight meter scale

Weaknesses:

long about 7 inches plastic filter mount

Similar Products Used:

Sigma 70-210 APO f4 - f5.6 Tokina 24-200 AT-X f3.5 - f5.6

Customer Service:

none

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