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regret buying sony 16mm f2.8 lens [G8aCSpD6Iao]

2015-12-19 · 4 min

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    I'm not really happy with this lens.

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    It's okay, but there's just one problem

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    with it. It doesn't have optical stimage—

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    stimage? It doesn't have optical image

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    stabilization. And I feel kind of

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    stupid now because I should have

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    researched this before I bought the lens.

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    And I should have known better because

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    usually prime lenses don't have image

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    stabilization. I kind

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    of already knew this because before I had

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    a Samsung mirrorless camera and I also had

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    a pancake lens, and I had— I think I had

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    the same problem deciding between the kit

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    lens and the pancake lens. For some reason

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    I just forgot it and now I have this same

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    problem. So I'm currently using it now and

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    it's fine because it's on a tripod, but if

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    you try and take a video handheld,

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    there's very tiny but noticeable shaking,

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    vibrations, and this doesn't happen on my

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    kit lens which has SteadyShot optical

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    image stabilization. So I'm not sure what

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    to do now. I kind of need to sell it

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    because there's not really any advantage

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    over the kit lens apart from the f-stop

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    which is f/2.8, and there isn't really

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    much difference between f/2.8 and f/3.5

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    anyway. Yeah, so I kind of regret buying

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    this. I need— I wish I

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    had my eBay account, but I've been banned

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    from selling because of some problems I

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    had in the past. So the only option

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    I have is to sell it on Amazon, or— I

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    can't really find a website that buys

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    lenses. I know of a good website that buys

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    cameras, but they don't seem to buy

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    lenses. I could try and make a new eBay

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    account, but then I need to make a new

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    PayPal account as well to link it to.

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    And I'm not sure if anyone would buy from

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    me because I would be starting from the

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    beginning and I would have zero feedback.

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    Would you buy from someone who has zero

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    feedback? I don't know. The problem with

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    selling on Amazon is it seems to take a

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    lot longer to sell stuff. I don't know if

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    it's because there are less people using

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    it compared to eBay Or if most people

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    just buy stuff brand new.

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    So yeah, I'm not really sure. If I use it

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    on a tripod like I'm doing now, it's fine.

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    There's no problems, I guess. This is one

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    of the reasons why the Olympus E-PL Pen

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    series mirrorless cameras are better,

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    because they have the optical image

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    stabilisation. Stabilization built into

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    the body of the camera, not into the

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    lenses. So it doesn't matter what lens you

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    use, you'd always have stabilization. But

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    with the Sony camera, there's no

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    stabilization built into the body, so you

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    have to get a stabilized lens, and not all

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    of the lenses are stabilized. I didn't

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    really notice how much of a difference it

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    made. When I take a video on my kit lens,

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    It's very smooth when— if you're just

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    holding the camera filming something,

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    trying to stay still, it's very smooth.

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    You can notice the stabilization. But if I

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    try to do the same on this lens, I can

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    notice like a slight vibration from when,

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    when your hand's moving. So yeah, kind of

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    disappointed with this purchase. Don't

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    know if, if you're interested in buying a

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    16mm f/2.8 lens. Or if you know anyone

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    who's interested. I suppose there was

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    nothing really wrong with my kit lens in

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    the first place. I don't know why I wanted

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    to buy a new lens. I guess I was just

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    tempted. The f/2.8 was so tempting. I

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    don't know why, I just get attracted to

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    those low, low f-numbers. So I guess this

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    video is kind of a warning to anyone who's

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    interested in buying this lens. Just

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    remember that there's no optical Optical—

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    I keep wanting to say optical stimage—

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    optical image stabilization. So if

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    you're using a tripod, then there's no

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    problem, but if you're like me and you

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    like to walk around filming stuff, then

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    it's not a good choice of lens.

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