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Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS

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Bone head beginners question:

 

Bought the Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS lens (17-105) a few days ago.  Initial impressions:  Vast improvement over 15 to 50 kit lens and I really like it.  Images are very sharp to me, weigh and size are pretty easy to get used to.  Perfect lens for travel.  Walking streets in Chile does not allow (for me) a bunch of lens changing, etc.  I really like the length of this lens and I have the 55 - 200 mm kit lens also (which I have heard good things about).

 

Now for the question:  I do see image distortion when photographing columns in buildings.  Does not bother me.  Probably because I am such an amateur.  However, I have Lightroom 5 and Photoshop 6S6.  What is camera raw?  Does that come with LR and PH?  I use about .01 per cent of these programs. 

 

You can only do lenses adjustments through camera raw, etc, if you shoot in raw I assume.  I have only taken jpegs so I assume if I wanted to (and I really don't) that I can do these corrections.

 

Downloaded the firmware but don't want to install it if the lens has the latest version.  Is there a way to tell?

 

Thanks

 

Smorton

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      By Pieter · Posted

      I've been using this lens extensively without any sharpness issues. At long focal lengths, you'll have to factor in the need for a faster shutter speed (< 1/500-ish at 350mm) and other factors like atmospheric distortion, fog/dust haze, etc. All these factors contribute to a deterioration of image quality at longer focal lengths.
    • Cameratose
      Blurry images on Sony 70-350

      By Cameratose · Posted

      That's supposed to be a pretty good APS-C lens. Can you try it on a different camera just for the heck of it? Friend? Camera shop? The lens is noted for sharpness, so if you're having as much trouble as you say, you may want to look into a replacement or repair. 
    • broz_tito
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      By broz_tito · Posted

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