my 40d comes with a EFS 18-55 IS lense. how is sharpness of this lens compared to 16-35 f/2.8L USM II? worth to change?
i'm actually looking for a good walk around lense for my 40d... target will be people and architecture and some landscape..
my 40d comes with a EFS 18-55 IS lense. how is sharpness of this lens compared to 16-35 f/2.8L USM II? worth to change?
i'm actually looking for a good walk around lense for my 40d... target will be people and architecture and some landscape..
got the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM instead. dunno why my image become much sharper.. :dunno:
(Hehe I know this photo is pretty widespread on CS already. It's useful in convincing everyone that the 18-55 IS is definitely not a sloppy lens.)
Honestly, if you know what are doing, you can actually get very impressive results with the 18-55 IS.
I was shooting on my friend's (alternatve) 40D with the 18-55 IS, and I don't think you'd come across a much sharper lens at that price point.
No sharpening, B&W conversion and Levels in Photoshop. Vignetting and border added in Photoshop.
(Hehe I know this photo is pretty widespread on CS already. It's useful in convincing everyone that the 18-55 IS is definitely not a sloppy lens.)
Darn, it looks so familiar, I just can't recall where I saw it before :bsmilie:
Can't tell much about sharpness from that though without a 100% crop, but I believe you. Most lenses, under right conditions can produce sharp photos, and from all reports the 18-55 IS is no slouch.
Doesn't anyone get it...If you are shooting a 10MP photo, and you view it at 100%, don't tell me you are going to make a print that huge so that you can peep at it from 30cm to tell pixel for pixel whether it is sharp.
Viewing at 100% is not a test for sharpness; it is simply put, not the best thing to do with your time.
I disagree - I have images that look fantastic scaled down to 800 pixels wide, but there is no way I would call them sharp. I didn't say they have to be pixel perfect at 100%, but looking at it scaled down to 4% the # of pixels and saying "look, it's sharp" is hardly convincing.