> George Lepp reviewed these lenses in "The Natural Image". He thought
both
> the Sigma and the Tamron was sharper than the Canon, but the Canon
had
> better flare control.
Heretic!!!!!!
When I claimed the Sigma 14 was crippled by flare ...
It is interesting: At 14mm I would be more interested in comparing
how designers had dealt with flare than the minutiae of sharpness
comparisons. I don't mean loss of overall contrast but internal
reflections due to bright objects (eg the sun) anywhere within or just
outside of the field of view. Ah: especially when within the image
circle but cropped by the long edge of the rectangle.
I owned a Sigma 14mm for just over a year: it was fun but almost
unusable. the Canon version I tried out had none of the flare
problems but it was, err, rather too expensive. You cannot win.
Anyway: I sold the Sigma with no regrets to see it go.
Bob
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