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More 16 F2.8 comparisons: corrected vs. uncorrected vs. JPG

Started Oct 20, 2021 | Discussions thread
BirdShooter7 Veteran Member • Posts: 9,127
Re: More 16 F2.8 comparisons: corrected vs. uncorrected vs. JPG
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JE River wrote:

This makes me sad, honestly. So, now that sweet juicy FF sensor is no longer a FF sensor after corrections. And, oh boy, does it have to lob off quite a thick chunk of light gathering surface area. That f2.8 aperture just got kicked in the teeth for those hoping to do astro work with the lens.

I fear camera companies will keep using digital corrections as a crutch in cases where doing it optically isn't too much more effort or cost.

But, at least it is cheap by Canon standards.

Maybe I’m totally off here, Astro’s not exactly my thing.  From talking to people who are really into Astro, it sounds like that application really demands the best quality lenses, I don’t believe it was ever reasonable to expect a lens like this to be great for Astro photography.  I imagine it’s an ok beginner lens for that sort of thing and can probably produce some nice looking results for social media and such but if you’re the type of user that’s going to be looking closely at the edges and corners this was never likely to be the lens for you.

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