[Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 11:58 PM -0400 6/30/09, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>My first hit when I did that was John Paul Caponigro:
>http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=1486
>
>" Chromatic aberration is easily corrected with most RAW file converters,
>such as Adobe's Camera Raw and Adobe Lightroom. .)  Recent versions of
>Canon's dedicated RAW image processing software, Digital Photo Professional
>(version 3.2 or higher), have a new tool tab with special commands that will
>automatically remove chromatic aberration from your images, as well as
>sliders for ultra-precise manual control of color fringing.
>"
>
>Mark William Rabiner



Yes, I use that tool in Lightroom to correct CA, but it can't correct 
the image softening that the CA produces. If there is lots of 
chromatic aberration seen in the corners, they'll stay soft.

In my last post I said that most manufacturers have lenses that have 
problems with CA and soft corners; that's true but many have put out 
lenses, particularly wideangle lenses that perform better and in some 
cases outstandingly well. Nikon's 14-24 in particular can rival or 
better other maker's single focal length lenses. From what I have 
seen that zoom is probably better than the newer 19/2.8 Leica-R and 
maybe as good as the new 15/2.8. It's certainly better than anything 
Canon has in that range right now with the possible exception of the 
two new T/S lenses, the 17 and 24. Those two look very good; 
especially the 17. So even Canon is _slowly_ putting out some good 
wideangles. Their fast teles have been world class for a while.

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