The lens is a super portrait lens primarily. Due to the large aperture (f / 2.8), it may exempt very nice motives, so that excited image backgrounds are softened. As a fixed focal length, it is clearly superior to the Zoomern in the price range of less than 1,500 EUR in the image quality. Furthermore, these are at the telephoto end rather at f / 5.6.
Secondly, it is also wonderful for macro photography. Why secondarily? The Internal Focusing (IF) leads to Focus Breathing that interferes in the macro photography. Focus Breathing means a change of the image section when changing the focus', as is thanks IF shortened or lengthened the actual focal length. The closer the object to be focused now on the lens located (in the macro range up partly under 50 cm), the more drops to the effect, as the picture in the background changed considerably and reach others, may not be desired objects in the image plane. Therefore, it is difficult to simultaneously adjust the shot and the desired focal point. As in the macro photography often small aperture or large f-numbers (> f / 20) are required, resulting in long exposures, a tripod is often required, which additionally complicates the setting. One should also not overstate this because a) IF is common and has many other benefits, and b) the unwanted content can easily be removed in post-production (cut).
Advantages:
+ Autofocus is fast, very (!) Precise and quiet
+ Very good image quality. No distortion, no visible vignetting on my DX, no visible longitudinal chromatic aberration.
+ VR ("Vibration Reduction") helps to combat camera shake and works reliably. Rather shaky hands like my photo is in the macro range movements of the object by the wind, in the Portrait area movements of people self Nevertheless, well countered - but rather the fotographierten Motifs Most will represent the problem..
+ The included tubular hood without savings holds off disturbing backlight away safely
+ Very good workmanship (alloy), dust and splash protection on the mount
+ Fair price
Limits:
- Very large and heavy (800 g)
- The size of the filter thread is not practical (62 mm). The professional lenses (VR 24-70, 70-200, etc.) often have 77 mm, many other 67mm. To me, that means concretely that I can screw on neither my polarizing filter or the protection filter. In particular, polarizing filters are very expensive, and need to buy for each filter size one is annoying. Especially since, would have a larger filter thread not done so evident as in the picture, the lens anyway has a larger diameter hurt.
- Focus Breathing
