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My kit lens sucks... But not the reason you would think!

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Sep 12, 2006 21:51 |  #1

I have another thread going right now, and I wanted to post a picture showing CA, so I get out my kit lens and start trying to get a shot with some CA. Wouldn't it just figure that not only did my shot not have any CA, but it also was pretty sharp too. GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

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Sep 12, 2006 21:55 |  #2

I've come to believe that the kit lens is probably the best 'bang for the buck' out there (except for the 50 f/1.8 perhaps). Unfortunately I didnt realize this until after I sold mine.....live & learn!

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Sep 12, 2006 21:57 |  #3

Poor little Kit Lens :( It just can't win for losin' :lol:

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Sep 12, 2006 21:59 |  #4

what is CA?

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Sep 12, 2006 22:01 as a reply to  @ pokertable's post |  #5

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what is CA?

gah you asked my questions lol

and of course stuff well always act opposite of how you want it to

Just call it "Brad's Law"

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Sep 12, 2006 22:06 |  #6

Chromatic Abberation...

https://photography-on-the.net …241&highlight=C​hromatic+A

Note the red on one side, and the blue on the other...

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Sep 12, 2006 22:12 |  #7

sugarzebra, you can buy mine if you want to. lol

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Sep 12, 2006 22:26 as a reply to  @ pokertable's post |  #8

pokertable wrote:
what is CA?

24 minutes ago you asked this.
24 minutes ago about, i askid this in a different thread....

that is very funny, if only i looked here and you looked there..... well what ever, im kinda tired right now and i just found that little fact so briliantly amazing....:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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Sep 12, 2006 22:35 as a reply to  @ surfologist's post |  #9

surfologist wrote:
24 minutes ago you asked this.
24 minutes ago about, i askid this in a different thread....

that is very funny, if only i looked here and you looked there..... well what ever, im kinda tired right now and i just found that little fact so briliantly amazing....:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Is it funny that they were both in threads I started?

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Sep 12, 2006 22:41 as a reply to  @ dylix's post |  #10

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sugarzebra, you can buy mine if you want to. lol

Thanks for the offer Chris....I actually do wish I still had it! However I'm going to solve the problem with a 10-22 instead. When does this lens buying disease ever go away :D ?

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Sep 12, 2006 22:43 |  #11

NOPE!

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Sep 13, 2006 10:33 |  #12

My kit lens was fairly sharp, CA was a bit high at 2-3 pixels but not cronic. I remeber it being prone to flair however, otherwise a good bit of glass although I now use the 17-40.

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Sep 13, 2006 11:15 |  #13

there is some CA on the photo posted above :) just look at the edge, and 100% crop would reveal it completley :D

I loved my kit lens... I used it for more than 1 year! ! yeah, and it served me well... I'm not happy with its zoom and manual focus though... and it feels very cheap :) sharpness is very good though :) never had any trouble with XT/KIT :)

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Sep 13, 2006 12:14 |  #14

If you want to see CA, go outside and take photos of objects against the sky.

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