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And here's a link to an image made with the lens that I sent back
If fact, even hand focused, the image quality of straight lines was that of a stoner, fuzzy Oh wow man! Check out the stright lines Whoa! Are they fuzzyWell, so far, frustratingly so, 100% of the ones I've had were dogs. And that one got sent back
Waaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
What sensor body are you putting the 16-35 on and how much detail do you find you're getting when you don't do stitches of a scene.
That wasn't nice
I called and checked at HotBuys and they have a tech on site that I can talk to. When I drop the little guy off at HS and get back to the office, I'll give the tech a call and see if he can do a hand select of the lenses that they have in stock.
I wanted one because I USE F2.8 in my job, as it happens I only need 20-35 for work (the 16-20mm bit was for leisure and landscapes) , this is why I was looking into the 20-35L so heavily at the time but discounted it on grounds of soft corners wide open in reviews.. Remember that this was the D60's Prime time (too noisy above ISO200 for my work) NOT the current low noise ISO400 of the 10D ..
I'm using it on a D60, in large/fine and/or raw mode, almost always at 16 mm and from f/8 to f/16, on a tripod, with MLU and either the timer or cable release. I set the camera not to sharpen, and do this in Photoshop with an action file I created to, hopefully, do everything right. ( I really don't stitch panos. )
I'd miss that milimeter too much. Really, my girlfriend is getting tired of me saying "too damn narrow!" and "it's just not wide enough" as it is. I could count on one hand how many times I've used the lens past 20 mm, so having the extra length doesn't appeal very much to me ... as crazy as I'm sure you think I am. Ultimately, I might trade the 16 for a couple primes, once I have a FF chip to run them on. ( I'm thinking along the lines of a 20/2.8, 24/1.4L, and maybe a 24 TS-E if I strike it rich. )
Not on a 1DS or 3D though !
everyone seems to HATE the 20mm-f2.8 on this forum bar MAC and myself ! I tried one quickly a week ago and was very impressed, Unfortunately I didn't get my hands on it long enough to do a report though..... not an option for me as I need a Zoom unfortunately
from what I've seen they're the same, it's a BETTER but slower 16-35L from what I can tell from Ashley's samples and other postings
Bout time Canon Ditched Cropped chips altogether and found a way of producing cheap Full framers - they made an improved, Mag-Alloy bodied replacement for the D60 for £1000UK less than the D60 so anything is possible..
Yeah, it's just the until then part I need to worry about... It will be at least a couple more months until I have the money in my hands, and by then I might want to wait a few more months to see what the future brings.
same here that's why I won't have another 16-35L if I can help it, being good at F16 is no use to me as I shoot as wide open as I can for my work sometimes and I need all the frame not a portion with the soft corners cropped out that may as well have been taken with the (superior in every way anyway) 28-70L - I'd rather use an F3.5 or F4 lens and bump up the ISO (Possible now with the 10D) and have a linear sharpness frame ..
