I agree. The cz21mm distagon is sharp throughout even at f2.8. I have the
canon24mm and it is decent but not stellar
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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.
>
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