yankeefan2525 said: This is very similar to the kit lens, and really not that great of a lens. So don't expect awesome low light performance or super sharp results.
If you need a lens to throw on your camera, without needing pro results, and you really don't care if it gets damaged, this is it.
For $35, it's okay if you don't have a cheap kit lens already (which most people do)Big drawback over the kit lens is that this lens only starts at 28mm, which on an all of the Sony Alphas with smaller sensors = 42mm equivalent.
canydavid said: yankeefan2525 said: This is very similar to the kit lens, and really not that great of a lens. So don't expect awesome low light performance or super sharp results.
If you need a lens to throw on your camera, without needing pro results, and you really don't care if it gets damaged, this is it.
For $35, it's okay if you don't have a cheap kit lens already (which most people do)Big drawback over the kit lens is that this lens only starts at 28mm, which on an all of the Sony Alphas with smaller sensors = 42mm equivalent.
-cd
You're exactly right. I had a lens in this range- it's okay for a walkaround lens, but it doesn't go nearly wide enough for landscape shots (17mm is what I like- the Tamron 17-50mm 2.8)
The 28-80mm is not a very sharp lens from Minolta's film lineup. The 35-80mm II silver/black (not the ones with power zoom or built-in lens cover) is the only really sharp newer film kit lens.
canydavid said: rigor said: i thought the stock lens was 18-55mm i wonder if they just did some APS math on the stock lens?
if you want a good crappy all around lens try the 18-200mm tamron. for daylight this works great and is cheap (for what it does).
changing lenses on vacation is no fun (dirt,dust,rain,whatever).No, this is just an old Minolta lens designed for film cameras.
-cd
which means it will work with the new "affordable" Sony A850 full frame DSLR! For that camera, it *might* be great. I wonder, though, what lens kit Sony will bundle with that, if at all.
And yes, I know that the A850 is not even officially announced, but the manual has been leaked, so it should be out soon.
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