tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4577546745078520453.post4466482158162549178..comments2024-03-28T00:16:56.038-04:00Comments on Lens Bubbles: What Is Acceptable Optical Quality?Lens Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06445561503570800312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4577546745078520453.post-91408706580393050472012-08-15T11:19:52.803-04:002012-08-15T11:19:52.803-04:00Hehe, I hear you. There are lenses I don't us...Hehe, I hear you. There are lenses I don't use much, not because they are bad, it's just because they don't seem to appeal to me :)Lens Bubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06445561503570800312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4577546745078520453.post-82108224642562348682012-08-15T11:18:54.061-04:002012-08-15T11:18:54.061-04:00Definitely. OSS is one of the best features, but ...Definitely. OSS is one of the best features, but I do wish it was in-body stabilization instead of in lens.Lens Bubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06445561503570800312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4577546745078520453.post-12073506580987026622012-08-14T02:57:45.705-04:002012-08-14T02:57:45.705-04:00I think it is easy to forget one big advantage wit...I think it is easy to forget one big advantage with the 18-55 lens and that is optical image stabilization and autofocus.<br />Given those two features it is a very good lens, because you get sharp pictures, pictures that would have been blurry and/or unsharp if taken with a regular manual focused lens without OSS.<br /><br />//PatrikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4577546745078520453.post-29121907632512770922012-08-14T02:22:06.677-04:002012-08-14T02:22:06.677-04:00Well, the 16mm is actually very sharp in the cente...Well, the 16mm is actually very sharp in the center but quickly gets soft towards the corners and is never really sharp across the frame at any aperture.<br /><br />The 18-55 I suppose is ok for a kit lens. It really is quite sharp but as you say, the distortion at the wide end is distracting and at the long end it's only f/5.6. For someone who is used to shooting with 50/1.4 lenses, this alone is a reason to frown. <br /><br />But the real reason why I don't like these two lenses is purely subjective. The photos I make with them just don't look as nice to me. Maybe this could be empirically and scientifically proven but most probably it's just in my head. Though I'm not a lens snob either. Quite the opposite, I would think. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com