At 11:29 PM 1/4/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > 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.
Did you have the newer f2.8 HSM model or the older f3.5/ Lepp stated that
the f3.5 was unusable due to extreme flare. The newer f2.8 is much better,
but not as good as the Canon.
--Mike
-- Michael Wood
-- San Leandro, CA USA
-- mwood at mykoweb dot com
-- http://www.mykoweb.com/
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