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RF 14-35 and cropping

Started Jan 17, 2022 | Discussions thread
OP Stein Rune Risa Junior Member • Posts: 37
Re: RF 14-35 and cropping
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Franz Kerschbaum wrote:

Check here at different focal lengths and same f/4 setting. In most of the cases the RF 15-35 seems to have the egde or is similar and the residual CA is very well correted in post. If one needs f/2.8 take the RF15-35, if f/4 is enough save the money and take the RF14-35. Both are great choices. But nobody will buy the RF14-35 for only better image quality.

I consider RF 14-35 because of its wider field, but also based on the reviews that it also is sharper at the wider end (with profile corrections applied). I am "only" interested in the wide end (14-24). I have a 24-70 that handles the rest.

But there seems to be some disagreement about the sharpness at the wide end of the lens. I think everyone agrees that it is worse at the close (e.g. 35 mm) end.

Both DxO and Lightroom now has profiles in place for it, and seems to do a very good job. Also remember that the unprofiled image is wider than 14 mm, so even if there are heavy vignetting etc at that - the profiled image has cropped away a lot of the bad areas.

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