on 02.07.04 16:54, Gianfranco Irlanda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys and gals, > > I'm in the mood to purchase a 16-45, but I'd like to hear some > first hand experiences from those who own it and made a side by > side comparison with at least one of the lenses above. > I recall somebody said that the 16-45 is definitely sharper than > the 24-90 at similar FL, is it true? > I'm mainly interested in the performance wide open. > Another thing: the Italian importer has no 16-45 readily > available, but I've found a shop in Naples that has a couple of > *ist D and, among several lenses, at least a 16-45. They ask 469 > Euro for the lens alone. Is it good? > As usual, many thanks in advance. Hi Giafranco, I don't have DA 16-45/4 yet, but you could be interested in this link (just use translator like babelfish): http://www.pictchallenge.com/BxuREV7.html Tests are fully independent and objective as they are made by... computer program - DXO Analyzer :-) In short 24-90 is quite sharp, but noticably worse at open apertures than DA 16-45 and FA has quite a big loss of sharpness in corners as compared to homogenous results from DA. DA suffers only from its chromatic aberrations in corners - they are quite noticable between 16-45mm. Otherwise they claim DA performance is similar to Nikkor DX 17-55/2.8 (~1400USD lens...). It is also worth looking at the tests of FA 43/1.9 limited, FA 35/2 and FA* 85/1.4 (on following page) and compare results. Interestingly - according to these tests FA* 85/1.4 is sharper at f1.4 than 43 Ltd. at f1.9...
-- Best Regards Sylwek
