Are you getting 'clean' pictures with no black ring? With Neewer 0.45x and -18 -55 mm lens at 18, I get a large portion of the picture framed in black
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Vignetting (that black ring) will occur unless you zoom in far enough to avoid it, especially if you mount a smaller lens over top of a larger lens. It's just how things go. If you want to minimize vignetting then your best bet is to mount lenses of the same size or larger than the lens beneath it.
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You might have a lemon. I have the 520 and has no problem with it. Images are sharp and good.I don't have a 200mm+ lens so I haven't tried that. I have tried up to 150mm without any problem.
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I have not noticed a black spot on the lens. Probably a manufacturers defect.
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Doug, The frames are black, but the lenses are not smoked!! Please come back to carlights4less. Gerry
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No problem :) Have a nice day, if you get the lens, enjoy it!! O love it :)
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Mine works fine it's clear without any pink circle. So yeah it might be defective that the camera lens are not working right.
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No. that was one issue i had. you have to take off case as the lens and adjusting needs to be right. If you don't, you'll end up with black rims on your pictures.
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Do you have a filter on the lens? If so, try it with no filter. Something might be interfering with lens movement.
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I don't see it because it does not happen with the kind of photography I'm into. If you like using 8-10 stop ND filters to do long exposures in daylight, or like to open your aperture all the way and point directly at the sun, then you will have issues with it. It will not affect most users in normal practical situations.
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Not on either the surface of the lens (back or front), nor anyplace inside the lens. Check to see if there is anything on the surface, although even if there was it should be out of focus. Are you seeing this through the viewfinder of your camera (or LCD display), or when you look through the lens (detached from the camera)? If you do not see it with another lens on the LCD display, then the problem is with this new lens. If you do see it with other lenses, then possibly dirt on the camera's sensor. In either case, try to exchange the product.
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Yeah, it doesn't affect the pictures at all you're right. Sometimes it's annoying when I'm trying to use my 50mm prime, as I have to manually focus that and the blurry line doesn't help.I called Nikon also and they said I could ship it to them and they would look at it. I'm slightly worried to do that because I'm afraid they'll do something to screw it up worse. I guess I can live with it. If you send yours in, could you let me know if they actually fix it by replying here?
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I haven't been messing around much, but with my 18-55 mm I got a bit better results, and of course, playing with the filter itself to find the best position for what I am shooting. the filters seem to be a very subtle change. I have had darker gradient filters in the past, and still have them, but they don't fit on my Rebel.
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None that I have noticed. The 18-200 lens for DX cameras had the problem on earlier version.
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WOW, YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS . . . THANKS FOR HEADS UP ABOUT EXR , (caps lock), i was about to spring for it with the reduced price. I can't afford it at the moment anyway; well, let's say another mistake would be disastrous for me, I've just GOT to figure out how to lighten those shadows on th hx1, Portraits are IMPOSSIBLE when eyes turn black as coals. Sony should be ashamed. The earlier Fuji's did such a great job with color . . . not as SHARP OR QUICK AS X1 THOUGH. BUT I take pics (not real professional, but essential, and dull eyes are, well, really really dull. Kills the pic really.) I MUST SOLVE THIS! Enjoying talking wth you. ANy other scoops would appreciated. WOW, YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS . . . THANKS FOR HEADS UP ABOUT EXR , (caps lock), i was about to spring for it with the reduced price. I can't afford it at the moment anyway; well, let's say another mistake would be disastrous for me, I've just GOT to figure out how to lighten those shadows on th hx1, Portraits are IMPOSSIBLE when eyes turn black as coals. Sony should be ashamed. The earlier Fuji's did such a great job with color . . . not as SHARP OR QUICK AS X1 THOUGH. BUT I take pics (not real professional, but essential, and dull eyes are, well, really really dull. Kills the pic really.)... » Read More WOW, YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS . . . THANKS FOR HEADS UP ABOUT EXR , (caps lock), i was about to spring for it with the reduced price. I can't afford it at the moment anyway; well, let's say another mistake would be disastrous for me, I've just GOT to figure out how to lighten those shadows on th hx1, Portraits are IMPOSSIBLE when eyes turn black as coals. Sony should be ashamed. The earlier Fuji's did such a great job with color . . . not as SHARP OR QUICK AS X1 THOUGH. BUT I take pics (not real professional, but essential, and dull eyes are, well, really really dull. Kills the pic really.) I MUST SOLVE THIS! Enjoying talking wth you. ANy other scoops would appreciated. « Show Less
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No, it sounds like they mailed you the wrong style. Your aperture should be straight up and down with everything squared up. If it doesn't look just like the pic send it back~
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My lens is very smooth & quiet. We did have an issue with dirt inside the elements of the first lens and had to get a replacement. I suspect their manufacturing is not 100%
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There are a number of things that could be happening. . . . is it blurry image, or camera shake. . . have you shot anything that is sharp. . . this is a very heavy lens and requires a bit of expertise to handle. . . . let's eliminate the obvious before jumping to conclusions about the lens. . . . my email address is bobglicksmith@me.com. . . send me an email and I'll be glad to setup a time to talk with you . . . . bgs.