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Reviewed by: 

tcp100

( Intermediate)

Review Date
January 15, 2008

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 1 of 7

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Ritz Camera

Summary:

Junk. This lens is junk. Sure, it's got a great range, it's light, and small. However, a 3 year old with tracing paper can produce a better quality image.

Strengths:

Light comes through it.

Weaknesses:

As sharp as a hot dog. Zoom ring would probably turn smoother if you dipped it in sand for lubrication. Lens is about as quick as jello left out overnight in Anchorage in February. Someone with ADD can focus quicker and longer. Hunts more than Ted Nugent. Slightly quieter than the crowd outside of a Larry the Cable Guy show.

Similar Products Used:

Canon 70-200 F4 L (Ha, right.) Sigma 28-125.



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Rating
Reviewed by: 

maascj

( Casual)

Review Date
May 11, 2005

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

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4.00 of 5,
1 votes

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Review 2 of 7

Price Paid:  $129.00 from Ritz

Summary:

This lens is stricktly for the low budgeted types who must have a zoom-lens. Don't expect hard core construction...you only paid a $100. If you want semi-sharp photos, grap a tripod. Otherwise, you get soft but fairly descent action shots in the 100-200 range. The 300mm range should only be used if you have the steadiest of hands and are taking stationary subject shots. You must have experience working with your camera's manual settings to get the good clean shots. Don't think just using the auto feature on you camera body is going to work 100% of the time. Plan on tooling around and learning how to use the pair together. I purchased mine for a week down at the beach. I figured if sand and/or water attack, I would only be out $100.

Strengths:

Its compact, light and only $100.

Weaknesses:

Its compact, light and only $100...you are getting what you paid for. The AF is relativly slow and noisy compared to high end lenses. The zoom ring offers more resistance than what I am used to. The mount(Canon) is silver painted plastic. This is a little misleading and thought it deserved to be catergorized as a weakness.

Similar Products Used:

Promater Spectrum7 70-210

Customer Service:

Not applicable.



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Reviewed by: 

rdcotton

( Intermediate)

Review Date
April 14, 2005

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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4.50 of 5,
2 votes

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Review 3 of 7

Price Paid:  $180.00 from Wolf

Summary:

Well ... I guess you get what you pay for. I've had this lens for 2 years now and I must say that I'm not very happy with it. First ... the focus ring has too much play in it. After autofocusing, you can actually move the ring a few centimeters left and right so I have to take care that I keep focus. The major issue I have with this lens is the mount. IT'S PLASTIC. AND ... not only that, after 2 years, all of the pins that hold it to the camera have broken off. Contacting Wolf ... they won't send you a new mount to fix it yourself, which seems fairly easy to do, but you must send it in to them to have it done. Another money making scheme on their part.

Strengths:

Inexpensive.

Weaknesses:

Poorly constructed. Plastic mount. Inability to get simple parts from Wolf.

Similar Products Used:

Quantary 28-90



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Rating
Reviewed by: 
 (Professional)

Review Date
September 5, 2003

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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3.20 of 5,
5 votes

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Review 4 of 7

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:

I've found that in photography, you *don't* always get what you pay for. I've used Leica,Contax, Rollei, etc., and the astronomical prices for some of the items do not always return value in terms of results. Sometimes, the cheapest things - while not as good as their expensive counterparts - deliver what you need and can even surprise.

Strengths:

Wonderfully light and unobtrusive. AF works well on my EOS. Fair-good performance in the central area of the frame up to about 200mm. Very handy and portable. Very, very cheap for something like this. You won't get the photo with your fast, monster Canon telephoto if it's too much of a pain to take with you, and you won't work unobtrusively wielding something that looks like a ballistic missle. Everything's a compromise.

Weaknesses:

Cheap plastic construction; parts seem somewhat ill-fitting. *Bad* corner performance at the wider apertures. 4.5-6.7 is slow.

Similar Products Used:

Not many zooms. All kinds of quality primes.



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Reviewed by: Joseph Glodek
 (Casual)

Review Date
August 23, 2001

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

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2.00 of 5,
12 votes

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Review 5 of 7

Summary:

I didn't even try this lens on a camera body before i knew that i could never use it. I t felt like junk. I hate thin plastic (especially the type in Canon's lenses), but this lense has thicker plastic type material used and it feels like junk.

Strengths:

None that i can see!

Weaknesses:

Slowish telephoto aperature, zoom ring super stiff- too stiff

Similar Products Used:

none



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