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Promaster AF 70-300 mm f/ 4.0-5.6 EDO LD Macro Lens

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Promaster AF 70-300 mm f/ 4.0-5.6 EDO LD Macro lens

Format: 35mm SLR

Type: Zoom lens

Focusing: Auto Focus (AF)

Lens mounts: Canon EF, EF-S, Sony A / Minolta A, Nikon F (FX, DX), Other mount

Optical design: 13 elements in 9 groups

Features: Macro lens
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Specifications:

Focal lengthMax. apertureMin. apertureBladesMin. Focus (m.)Filter Ø (mm.)Weight (gr/oz)Length (mm/in)
70mm - 300mmf/4.0 - f/5.6f/3291.562435/15,3116.5/4,6

Additional information:

 

The Promaster AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 EDO LD Macro is a telephoto zoom lens for 35 mm SLR autofocus cameras.

Max. magnification ratio 1:2 (at 300 m), closest focusing distance 1.5 m, 0.95 m in macro mode.

 


Posted by: Ugin242   Date of publication: 15.03.2013


Mechanical quality3.003
Optical quality2.673
Usability3.333
Pricing / Value3.502
Bokeh2.673
Overall lens rating
3.03

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Owner reviews: Promaster AF 70-300 mm f/ 4.0-5.6 EDO LD Macro

JDRoest 26.12.2014 23:49:33
Period of use: 1 year

Strengths:

It has no strengths. Not even price.


Weaknesses:

Weaknesses? Everything.


Comments:

In the event you don't like this, it can't even be used as a hammer.

This lens is dreadful. I picked one up on Ebay where even the seller was apologising and offering a 100% refund if you thought it was bad. $50. I over paid. It was bad, but I never bothered with the seller. Anyone selling this obviously needed the money.

I did not buy this for it's optical qualities but rather to check on something for my business as I've never really owned a long lens, so wasn't too disappointed by it's complete lack of optical quality. To be honest, I shouldn't use the words "optical quality" in a sentence to describe this, I should simply say "it's complete lack" and be done with it.

And to call this a lens is disrespecting anything else out there. It is unbelievably bad.

You know the results will be bad by simply looking through the viewfinder. It looks bad in a 1" screen. That is a sign that all is not well. Forget pixel peeking. Forget explaining what bad optics look like to the wife - just show her!

Maybe I just had a bad copy. I doubt it.