12-03-2013, 12:54 PM
The lens was fine in the middle range.
However, it was decentered at 55mm (one sided softness).
Beyond 150mm the borders were extremely soft (albeit symmetrical) ... when deactivating the OIS.
With activated OIS, the result was an image soup.
At one occasion, the zoom mechanism jammed blocking at 60mm and 150mm.
It was the worst ever lens out-of-the-box in my history.
However, it was decentered at 55mm (one sided softness).
Beyond 150mm the borders were extremely soft (albeit symmetrical) ... when deactivating the OIS.
With activated OIS, the result was an image soup.
At one occasion, the zoom mechanism jammed blocking at 60mm and 150mm.
It was the worst ever lens out-of-the-box in my history.