The faster and shorter that it is or the greater the zooming range the
more difficult it is to both design and manufacture a good piece of
glass. But I still don't see any excuse for sending out a bad sample at
$1400 a pop.
Chuck Norcutt
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Now where did I put my "I agree with Chuck" T-shirt? Dawid indeed got
> a good one. There was longstanding very common grousing about the
> Mk1--( esp in the 16 to 24 range ) perhaps part of the reason the zuiko
> 21 F2 price went through the roof. Sample variability seems to be a
> theme with some of these Canyon WA zooms:
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> http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/canon1740_nikon1735/c1740vn1735a.html
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> I would have thought "L" means we "Looked" at it before sending it out
> the door. Wasn't it Angeniux that sent out MTF data on each individual
> lens?
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> Seems to be very little but praise for the Canyon Tel zooms. Perhaps
> they are more tolerant of small manufacturing variances, but I don't
> know.
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> Mike
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> Looks like SLR Gear must have gotten a bad sample relative to your
> experience. Their 16-35 Mk.1 performed poorly wide open and especially
> at 35mm. It's too bad that one can get bad samples when spending $1400
> for a lens.
> <http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/142/cat/11>
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> Chuck Norcutt
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> Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> I've used both, but the Mk.1 was what I used the longest -
>> An absolutely wonderful lens whose only shortcoming is poor corners
>> at 16mm. It makes up for that by being, even at f/2.8, very sharp in
>> the center
>> and about half-way out into the image.
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>> Also, at 35mm even wide open mine was razor sharp. But more so, the
>> colour and
>> contrast was great. So yes, it was not a perfect lens, but in my
>> opinion the reports
>> of it performing poorly on the net was greatly exaggerated, I won't
>> know who the heck
>> pixel-peeps in the corners in anwyay - but in all other respects, a
>> world-class lens.
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