I typically shoot landscapes at about F8 to F11, so edge softness is less prominent. Why are you using F2.8 for that?
I agree. The cz21mm distagon is sharp throughout even at f2.8. I have the canon24mm and it is decent but not stellar ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com
...... Original Message ....... On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 21:59:16 +0100 Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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. > >--- >Rollei List > >- Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' >in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > >- Online, searchable archives are available at >//www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >
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