Small and lightweight for an FX lens, it’s easy to live with and very reasonably priced, making it a favourite F-mount buy.
Despite being inexpensive, this lens has a quality build and a good feature set. The optical layout is based on seven elements including an aspherical element, although there’s no ED glass. Autofocus is courtesy of a ring-type ultrasonic system with an M/A mode that gives priority to manual override. It switches to manual focusing at a twist of the focus ring, with no time lag, enabling you to fine-tune the focus position. A weather-seal ring is fitted to the metal mounting plate and the lens features Super Integrated Coating.
Autofocus speed is a little pedestrian but image quality is very good overall, apart from corner-sharpness being a little lacking when shooting wide-open. Stop the aperture down a little and sharpness improves.