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 Re: Canon RF 14-35 f/4L IS USM Ongoing Review | |
alundeb wrote:
There are reasons to pick the EF 16-35 F4 L IS, but low distortion at 16 mm is not one of them, as it is actually quite high.
As a long time user of the EF 16-35 F4L IS, one of Canon's best performers, that statement did not strike me as being correct. All wide extremely wide angle lenses have some distortion (typically barrel distortion) but it seems pretty well managed on this lens in my experience — certainly not "quite high."
But your comment made me wonder if perhaps there is a lot of distortion and that I just haven't really noticed it. (Back when I first go mine I did some test and wrote about them.)
I just took a quick look at some other tests of this lens, and I don't see how you can characterize its distortion at 16mm as being "quite high." It has mild barrel distortion, at the low end of what we'd expect for such a lens, that corrects very well if you need to. It is quite sharp for a lens with this focal length range, all the way into the corners.
Perhaps you are mistaken.
Dan
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