Hi Kim There's been a lot of discussion of this issue on http://www.robgalbraith.com (forums > Canon EOS1D/1DS), but the general feeling is that most of the wide angles don't match the best telephotos. The lens testing website http://www.photodo.com/ measures distortion (sometimes) as part of its tests, and the Canon website http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/ publishes MTF charts for all its lenses, although of course they tell you nothing about distortion.
For what it's worth my old copy of Canon Lens Work 2 book (I think there's now a version 3) says that the distortion in the EF28mm f2.8 is "virtually nonexistant, making the lens ideal for architectural photography", and that the EF14mm f2.8 has "minimal distortion." This was before the 24mm f1.4 was launched, which is also supposed to be quite good. The TS-E 24mm tilt and shift lens is good for distortion, but it is not as sharp as some others. Best wishes, Paul Herrmann Kim Muller writes: << I would like to find the/any WA lenses for the Canon 1Ds with the LEAST distortion >> =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
