I have this lens. Very sharp in the centre but soft at edges. It is
brilliant for low light reportage but not good for landscapes. I find
my Leica WA lenses considerably better than my Canons but the Canon
teles better than the Leica ones I own. I find the IS lenses less
good than the old non IS teles, probably because of the excessive
element count with the attendant potential for manufacturing
variation. Obviously used hand held the results will probably be
better with IS, but handheld with a long lens the quality of the
result is unlikely to be limited by the lens!
Frank
On 2 Jun, 2006, at 02:53, Peter K. wrote:
> You may be right. But these days the vast majority are using zoom
> lenses. And in that market Canon rules. However, for a wide angle,
> I would say it would be hard to beat the Canon 24mm F1.4. A superb
> wide optic.