Maybe it\'s already been posted (didn\'t read all 22 pages), but here\'s the Sigma MTF wide open at 10 and 30. Pretty impressive for f/1.4.
With a APS-C sensor body, the Sigma curves don\'t drop much until just past the edge of the sensor. The Canon dips well before the right and left edges of the sensor.
And the Canon 50mm f/1.4 (ignore blue f/8 lines to compare):