How is the sharpness of shots at full zoom?
309316
It's in good quality but make sure you don't move the camera while taking pictures. It's so sensitive to that.
309317
Any pictures taken with this camera are almost always perfect. The camera does WAY more than the average person (wife and myself) are able to comprehend. I got the camera for my wife last Christmas and to this day she carries it everywhere. It needs to be steadied at full zoom...or you need a careful hand holding it. My wife and myself are completely satisfied and I would recommend this camera to anyone. It's small, easy to use and a great buy for the money. Five stars!!!
309318
I traveled to South Africa this spring. I took over 700 photos, almost all were at full zoom, especially of hippos in water.... I purchased the Canon PowerShot for just this trip. I practiced quite a bit before the trip as I am not a photo guru and could not hope to handle heavy lenses, changing out, etc.. My photos were just as crisp and clear and got better within a day or so. My moving shots, birds, rushing water with birds swooping, lion cubs, wildebeests on the run, all manner of animals and people and I was never disappointed. The camera was in its case hung from my shoulder, ready to go. I did purchase a backup battery and charged both each evening. I took photos from 8am to dusk as we were out every day and almost all were at zoom. I was never disappointed. AND closeups of butterflies and tiny insects, dung beetles, tiny birds on the back of rhinos --- I was very successful and grateful to the person who recommended the PowerShot to me....... sorry to go on and on, but it is a wonderful camera and I am sure I still have more to learn.
907947
It's a 2.8 Lens fixed at 90mm, so really it depends on how well your Camera does at a higher ISO. I use a Full Frame Camera Body, so it does well for me in low light. With my older Rebel T4I anything much over 800 ISO and the Photos suffer. This is "tack sharp" lens and does excellent Macro. The only noticeable thing to me is the motor is a bit noisy when capturing Focus. If your very far from The Stage, you may want a longer lens.
140077
I used it once for a wedding, and it was perfect. I used an attached flash, as the built in flash gets blocked on the widest setting. Mostly I use it for travel and scenery. Best at f8 if you want sharper edges and corners, as with most zooms. In vertical shots, the tops of trees still get a little blurry, so I have a couple of primes for critical work needing greater enlargement.
1817472
I found it to be pretty fast.... Very adequate I would say. I adore this camera. The close up feature is just about as perfect as you can get. Some cameras even video cameras when you zoom in it gets blurry--- not this camera!!!
446212
A bit short for my taste, but plenty fast especially if use at night with high ISO. Yes the manual focus may be a nuance for bursts.
19800
It has performed very well for me in low light situations. I have been startled a few times by the brightness of the recorded image. I usually use a Pentax 18-250mm lens.
1076523
Yes, it actually is pretty good on all shots. I use program mode and I make sure the auto focus is on continuos. The aperture is perfect for that. Focus all the way in to get a blurred background.
355602
Yes. Shoot wide open at f/2.8. At 4x zoom and longer it gives a pleasant background blur to portraits. Shoot over 4x for more blur.
464447
I absolutely love this lens. It's by far the best glass fuji did so far.That zoom is now in the drawer for ever.Using that lens in full aperture is a delight.I strongly recommend to get a good BW ND filter 1.8 so you could use it at full aperture in daylight.Go for it, you won't regret!
1888575
Actually no! I am currently sitting in Africa, where I have been taking amazing pictures of people, landscapes, life, urban and country. I have zoomed in all the way and then it focuses as if I were standing looking at my object of intent. Each picture is stunning. Even zoomed to the max, in a moving car, through thick traffic, my pictures still come out nice. I do wish it had a black and white feature, but every other feature is incredible. And, as stated the zoom works well. I still like my Nikon better, but this is much easier to travel with, and won't as easily be stolen in this environment. Further, it is tough, literally. I dropped it and it was run over by a passing car. I picked it up, brushed it off and kept taking pictures. The Africans around me were so shocked. Not that I showed it, but so was I. Overall, I do not get my black and whites, I cannot zoom as close as I do with my Nikon for macro shots, but I can get excellent pictures, the zoom and focus work in perfect synergy, and it can take my roughness and keep going with me, war zone, urban life, or home in the good 'ole US of A.
1346889
I use the 50mm f/1.4 for almost everything. Although it is harder to get objects from far away, it is amazing what you can get out of it. The shallow depth of field is just top notch.
2236586
Sacha, its got a decent zoom for such a tiny camera, but at full zoom ranges the images can get grainy. However for medium zoom, regular and macro, the image quality is really great. I like it as a point and shoot.
1372697
Dennis, It depends on what you deem effective. � I've shot mine wide open at f/4 but it may be a little soft in the corners for your liking, doesn't bug me. As long as you have plenty of light f/5.6 is pretty amazing with your subject at about 40-60 feet. f/8 is great as long as you have either the sun or if you don't mind pushing the ISO to keep you shutter speed above at least 1.5x the focal length. I find 1/500th-1/800th ish is plenty, and I don't have the hands of a surgeon by any means. Some of my sharpest images have come from this lens.On Full Frame I use it with the Tamron 1.4x TC to achieve the length you have already with the D7100 beinng DX. Dennis, It depends on what you deem effective. � I've shot mine wide open at f/4 but it may be a little soft in the corners for your liking, doesn't bug me. As long as you have plenty of light f/5.6 is pretty amazing with your subject at about 40-60 feet. f/8 is great as long as you have either the sun or if you don't mind pushing the ISO to keep you shutter speed above at least 1.5x the focal length. I find 1/500th-1/800th ish is plenty, and I don't have the hands of a surgeon by any means. Some of my sharpest images have come from this lens.On Full Frame I... » Read More Dennis, It depends on what you deem effective. � I've shot mine wide open at f/4 but it may be a little soft in the corners for your liking, doesn't bug me. As long as you have plenty of light f/5.6 is pretty amazing with your subject at about 40-60 feet. f/8 is great as long as you have either the sun or if you don't mind pushing the ISO to keep you shutter speed above at least 1.5x the focal length. I find 1/500th-1/800th ish is plenty, and I don't have the hands of a surgeon by any means. Some of my sharpest images have come from this lens.On Full Frame I use it with the Tamron 1.4x TC to achieve the length you have already with the D7100 beinng DX. « Show Less
661202
You can get some nice crisp photos/text at close range using the "Macro" setting. Need to turn the flash off though...which of course slows the shutter speed. Takeing a picture of a page is very doable though and it looks fantastic. I was really suprised when I tried it.
606482
My shots are mostly very sharp, however, occasionally, this lens will just produce a clunker. However, I'm not sure its any worse than with some of the "L" series lenses that I've used, so I put it down to technology failure. I normally would attribute it to me, but there are times when I take a picture in noon daylight, standing still and its out of focus. That's almost impossible if you think about it.
583379
Depends. In good lighting, it's really good and little problem even at full zoom. However, in low light and night shots, I have found that if I take multiple shots of the same subject, I can often end up with one or more crisp usable shots. To solve this, I might suggest a tripod to ensure a crisp shot.
1077783
That is really a hard question to answer all I can say is I have been able to do some great closeups with the zoom, better then macro I think you have to be about 25 feet away to use the full zoom on closeups