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Started Jun 21, 2020 | User reviews thread
AdamT
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Re: Two more - 15 and 45mm

Now I've had 3 18-55 EF-Ms, and none of them were very good - one is OK, but needs stopping down to sharpen up the edges at all.

I`ve only had one (EOS-M orig) and it was Bang on , not as sharp overall as the 15-45 but the edges and centre were the same with far less distortion and CA too (RAW Capture one where you see all that), I wish I`d kept it but that was 6 years ago . though the M has an AA filter the M100 maybe not or a weaker one - I`d love to see that lens on a recent 24/32Mp camera  ..

the lens is also very fussy about where a landscape is focussed for edged and if the IS unit has settled down (Both can cause blurry edges)

Yup. When I've had poor results, it's usually for these reasons, which I class as user error, because I know about them in advance.

yeah - the lens definitely needs learning, it`s not simply Focus as deep into the scene as possible and the edges will pull in like most Standard zooms ( . seems to prefer to be focussed closer like Primes do , a "normal" lens like the 18-55 or something like a 24-70L etc would result in blurry edges

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