Destin
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I posted a thread a while back looking for an old, cheap, general purpose zoom to use while backpacking to save weight over my 24-70. I ended up picking up a Nikon 28-80 af-d for about $25 shipped to my door.
It arrived two days ago and my first impressions were that it felt extremely cheap and fragile. I didn't have high hopes for it's performance, to say the least. Photo of the lens below; sorry about the poor quality but I don't have the lens with my at the moment to get a better shot.
Lens Photo by Destin Danser, on Flickr
I wanted to test it out, so I went hiking to check out some waterfalls. I left every other lens home and took nothing but a tripod, this lens, and my D810.
Surprisingly enough, I'm extremely satisfied with the results of this lens. Is it as sharp or easy to use as my modern professional lenses? Absolutely not. Will it give me acceptable images to share with family and social media from my backpacking trips? Definitely. And it's saving me about 2 pounds out of my back, which is a huge amount in the backpacking world.
To me, this is a reassurance that it's the photographer and not the equipment being used.
Here are three waterfall shots I took with the lens yesterday:
1.)
Excelsior Glen by Destin Danser, on Flickr
2.)
Eagle Cliff Falls by Destin Danser, on Flickr
3.)
Taughannock Falls by Destin Danser, on Flickr
It arrived two days ago and my first impressions were that it felt extremely cheap and fragile. I didn't have high hopes for it's performance, to say the least. Photo of the lens below; sorry about the poor quality but I don't have the lens with my at the moment to get a better shot.
Lens Photo by Destin Danser, on Flickr
I wanted to test it out, so I went hiking to check out some waterfalls. I left every other lens home and took nothing but a tripod, this lens, and my D810.
Surprisingly enough, I'm extremely satisfied with the results of this lens. Is it as sharp or easy to use as my modern professional lenses? Absolutely not. Will it give me acceptable images to share with family and social media from my backpacking trips? Definitely. And it's saving me about 2 pounds out of my back, which is a huge amount in the backpacking world.
To me, this is a reassurance that it's the photographer and not the equipment being used.
Here are three waterfall shots I took with the lens yesterday:
1.)
Excelsior Glen by Destin Danser, on Flickr
2.)
Eagle Cliff Falls by Destin Danser, on Flickr
3.)
Taughannock Falls by Destin Danser, on Flickr