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How sharp should the 16-25mm L II be on a 6D body?

Started May 26, 2013 | Discussions thread
Timbukto Veteran Member • Posts: 4,988
Re: How sharp should the 16-25mm L II be on a 6D body?

Your expectations are unrealistic.  High DOF photography benefits the least from larger sensor sizes.  This is why some people enjoy shooting landscape shooting even with MFT cameras.

This is because you are using apertures and shooting DOF for which smaller sensor camera's + smaller optics can do very much the same.  As such you should be shooting for dynamic range (for which most Canon's are similar and lagging behind competitors).  But yes that Sigma is holding up fairly well to the 16-35.  Although the 6D shot is more detailed and would hold up better to larger prints.

6D will probably be better with low-light photography or even long exposures, etc.  Also the 16mm seems wider than the Sigma APS-C equivalent.

It's been stated many times however that if you do not need large print sizes, larger sensor benefits are pretty marginal...

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