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Sony SAL-18250 DT 18-250mm F3.5-6.3
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- The SAL-18250 is a powerful zoom lens that's great for all typesof shots, from wide angle to telephoto. It's made of 16 glass elements in 13 groups, giving you a 35mm equivalent focallength range of 27 to 375mm. The SAL-18250?s design is optimised forAPS-C-size sensors, because it?s lighter and more portable.See more technical details
By Tan1963
I actually bought this lens just after Christmas but ended up returning it after 2 weeks as there were a couple of annoying characteristics that really bugged me.
Let me start by saying that the focal range is huge, image quality is acceptable and the price is amazing (if you pay less than £330 that is, try Jessops). This lens has many good points but it also has a couple of negative points which annoyed the hell out of me, although you might find that you can live with them.
The first problem is darkening in the corners. It is quite extreme at wide angle and large aperture. Of course most telephoto lenses in this price range will suffer from it, but this lens seemed particularly bad. The darkening was also uneven so it was hard to edit it out evenly. Secondly it suffers quite easily from lens flare which ruined more than a couple of shots. In time you would get used to these limitations. Thirdly sharpness is ok but not significantly better than the cheapo 18-70 kit lens which incidentally out-performed this lens with regard to darkening and flare.
I guess that Sony have produced a product that is a one lens solution for those on a budget. Any lens has its limitations, but it's all down to how much you want to spend and what you're prepared to accept in terms of quality. The more you spend the more you get. As for me, I think I'll wait to save for the Carl Zeiss 16 - 80 and the 70 - 300 G SSM. A lot more money I know but I just can't live with the 18-250's limitations.
I've given the lens 4 stars in terms of what you're getting for your money. This may not be the lens for me but it's still incredible value.
By James Pullen
I like this lens. If you took all of my lenses and left just one, I'd want it to be this one. The range (18-250) is great for the vast majority of photography done while travelling or touring. This lens particularly excels on holidays when, generally, you are outdoors in reasonable or good light. It benefits a lot from being stopped down to f5.6-f8 when you get really good sharpness, hence the need for reasonable light. Wide open, particularly at the wide focal lengths, it can be disappointingly soft (worse than the kit lens).
If I could only take two lenses travelling with me it would be this one, backed up by a 50mm f1.4 for low-light social shots.
Pros - Great range, very sharp when stopped down a bit, good build quality
Cons - Really quite soft wide open at wide angle
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