09-03-2006, 02:19 AM
acquisition cost; excellent
subject and composition; excellent
image quality, contrast, color saturation, sharpness [to a dgree], etc.; considerably less...
some things never change, I got a killer deal from the rep on their high end off brand Nikon mount zoom lens when I worked in a camera shop many years ago, and made the mistake of changing lenses to shoot some comparison shots on film w/ the Nikon F2, of the same subjects with different lenses, and included that zoom... the difference betwwen the off brand glass and the Nikon glass was staggering. it wasn't nearly as bad shooting black & white w/ appropriate filters, but the Kodachrome results didn't lie. I traded the zoom to friend that I had previously traded a Nikon FTn to, with the proviso that he only shoot b&w w/ it. these days, for $99, I'd also vote to keep your lens and photoshop the pics. listen to pRON, speed up and/or stabilize. good luck & enjoy.
subject and composition; excellent
image quality, contrast, color saturation, sharpness [to a dgree], etc.; considerably less...
some things never change, I got a killer deal from the rep on their high end off brand Nikon mount zoom lens when I worked in a camera shop many years ago, and made the mistake of changing lenses to shoot some comparison shots on film w/ the Nikon F2, of the same subjects with different lenses, and included that zoom... the difference betwwen the off brand glass and the Nikon glass was staggering. it wasn't nearly as bad shooting black & white w/ appropriate filters, but the Kodachrome results didn't lie. I traded the zoom to friend that I had previously traded a Nikon FTn to, with the proviso that he only shoot b&w w/ it. these days, for $99, I'd also vote to keep your lens and photoshop the pics. listen to pRON, speed up and/or stabilize. good luck & enjoy.