David Young askled: > How is it for flare resistance & barrel distortion???<<< Heck David I wouldn't know a barrel distortion from a ring tailed racoon! Even after all these years and I don't re-call anyone showing me barrel distortion in any of my photographs. However all the verticals on bldgs look pretty straight to me. Besides if yer shooting scenic any barrel distortion probably accents the scene. No? ;-) "Flare? Where we're going... we have no flare!" ;-) Now or in the future! ;-) And that said while not using a lens shade at any time! Yep! Too damn big!. Besides those Canon lens shade's are so humongous if you stand still long enough Red Robin's start to build a nest in them. ;-) ted ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/