>> I really don't get what's being said here -- old, >> film optimized lenses perform well on the full frame >> Canons, as evidenced by the L series? >> > > Define "well" ;-). > > Even the best film-optimized Canon glass cannot take > advantage of the full-frame sensors. In particular, > edge performance on wide-angle lenses tends not to be > very good. > Wide-angle behaviour is a well-known problem with digital sensors, or at least an issue that needs to be carefully addressed in the lens design, so this is probably true. It seems to me however it is not to say that there are problems with wide angles "in particular", as this suggests that other lenses also don't perform well. You should probably say that there are issues with wide angles, period.
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