Review on Enhanced Sony SAL18250 Alpha DT 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 High Magnification Zoom Lens by Jhalak Mehra ᠌

Name: Enhanced Sony SAL18250 Alpha DT 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 High Magnification Zoom Lens
Item: Enhanced Sony SAL18250 Alpha DT 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 High Magnification Zoom Lens
Rating: 3

October 08, 2022

The quality was generally satisfied, there were minor shortcomings.

This lens was sold together with the camera, it is like a whale lens, so I did not specifically choose it. As the first lens for studying the effects of optics, it’s the most, but it’s not worth buying specially - no, no, it’s not worth your money. It’s probably better to buy Tamron or Sigma, although I don’t know if they have the same aperture ratio, and I assume that in principle such a universal lens cannot give super-sharpness.

Pros

I like the beautiful blurring of the background at long focal lengths, but ideal only for portraits and some kind of "enlargement" of objects, colors, etc. on f/r from 70 to 120

Cons

Unsharp. Both at wide angles and at distances. I slowly switch to manual focus when I have time, because it works better. But maybe you need to give the lens for adjustment so that autofocus works better. Autofocus speed is normal. Uncompensated distortion at wide angles - straight lines just fall in comparison with some fixed-width, which often spoils the frame, as it is already uncorrectable (too much distortion). Essno in the viewfinder these distortions are not visible. Dark circles at the edges of the frame (apparently XA) instantly appear when the aperture is covered - in my opinion already from 6.3 at large f/r. I constantly remove them from the sky in Photoshop . And it does not depend on lighting! I personally lack the richness and brightness of colors, contrast - I think that the camera itself (Sony A580) is not to blame for this. I am constantly editing in Photoshop. In cloudy weather, you can’t take good photos with a “zoom”, because. after f/r 120 there is not enough sharpness even at aperture 11 and more.