[Leica] Zeiss Wide Angle 35mm f/2 Biogon T* ZM

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

This is what has discouraged me from digital, particularly the non dSLR 
cameras. It seems that just about every dpreview.com review of the images 
reveals numerous artifacts such as purple fringing. And the built-in 
sharpening and color saturating routines are no benefit either.

Jeffery

On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> Hi, Dante -
> 
> It would be easier to say which Canon lenses don't show artifacts :-)  That
> would be one - the 85/1.2.  I have Canon prime L lenses and a few
> telephotos.  With Canon, the longer the lens, the fewer problems it has.
> The wide ones are really, really bad.  I was expecting much better results
> from the prime 24/1.4, but it's terrible - examined at 100% in the corners.
> 
> Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Autofocus Lens
> 
> It has lots of problems with chromatic aberrations and fringing.  I've 
> never
> had a single photo with this lens that I could submit for stock without
> considerable post-processing work.   It is possible to remove the CA and
> fringing, but it is extra work and something that is not needed with Leica
> lenses.
> 
> Tina