worst lense you ever had

[Dirk]

my worst lense was a nikor 70-210D, heavy ,not sharp, sluggish performance sold it on a ducth trade site fort the money i bought a 70-300G with filter

[jankerson]

Originally Posted by d70freak

my worst lense was a nikor 70-210D, heavy ,not sharp, sluggish performance sold it on a ducth trade site fort the money i bought a 70-300G with filter

I have been lucky sofar, even in the film days.

[Rense]

Fisheye MC Zenitar-M 16mm f/2.8 Lens, couldn´t focus past 10meter (functions now as paperweight, is quite good at that)

[Pony]

Quantary 75-300 f/4-5.6(Sigma)sold by Ritz.Push/Pull design w/the slowest autofocus.This thread reminded me that I need to toss it!Now it suffers the effects of old age.

[spystyle]

Canon 50/1.8 EF II

...but all other 50/1.8 I have tried are magical!

[INSOMNIAC269]

Sigma 105mm 2.8 macro. Focus hunted, and cheap construction.

[Nikonfreak]

28-100 G

Won it in a raffle. Gave it away.

[Douglas]

Ive already made my opinions known about the 70-300g.

[glockman99]

The Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens that I just sold was a very long (when fully extended), very much plastic lens, that had a severe "hunting" problem, as well as a very slow AF (on an N90s). The optics were ok, but the build was too much like a toy lens.

[NikonMarty]

18-70 kit lens..
after getting that slug with my original D-80 it's been nothing but gold-banded glass for me since

[badpickev]

the worse lens i ever had was a broken one

[maxharvard]

Originally Posted by glockman99

The Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens that I just sold was a very long (when fully extended), very much plastic lens, that had a severe "hunting" problem, as well as a very slow AF (on an N90s). The optics were ok, but the build was too much like a toy lens.

Had the same one, terrible worthless piece of soft pasticy junk.... and it took really soft photos too. Not happy.

Originally Posted by INSOMNIAC269

Sigma 105mm 2.8 macro. Focus hunted, and cheap construction.

I use mine in manual focusing, but yes it does hunt in AF. Beyond that i think it's a great lens.

~Eric

[james23p]

28-100G I bought it with my N80 really really soft!

Jim

[gilfish]

Tokina 500mm mirror lens -- YUK

[drichi]

Nikkor 70-300G.

I read one owner's statement who wrote that his produced comic book effects. Mine was the same. Plus the constant whrrrr, crank, crank, whrrrr, wheeze, clunk, whrrr as it search for focus (which it only occasionally found) whether on my D70s or D300.Bought in Japan at the nearly $200 list price.

Could barely refrain from throwing it into the river. Barely.

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by drichi

Nikkor 70-300G.

I read one owner's statement who wrote that his produced comic book effects. Mine was the same. Plus the constant whrrrr, crank, crank, whrrrr, wheeze, clunk, whrrr as it search for focus (which it only occasionally found) whether on my D70s or D300.Bought in Japan at the nearly $200 list price.

Could barely refrain from throwing it into the river. Barely.

LoL another one in the club. Mine will either go to the pawn shop, or used for target practice. Whichever I decide will give me more satisfaction

[Narsuitus]

The optical performance of my Nikon 43-86mm f/3.5 zoom was so bad that it soured me to zoom lenses for decades.