You both may be right... perhaps the two are almost equally sharp, with
the prime having better rectilinear correction (???)
- Jerome (the peacemaker / politician)
> LOL .. I did the same thing, joe, and I disagree with your
> conclusions. The DA14 is an excellent performer in all respects, imo.
> It does show significantly better rectilinear correction than the
> 16-45 too.
>
> I can't do any more testing/comparison between them as I have since
> sold the 16-45 for the 20-35, which is almost "four primes in one" ... !
>
> Godfrey
>
>
> On Apr 11, 2006, at 11:51 AM, jtainter wrote:
>
>> Sorry to hear about the scratch on the front element of your DA
>> 16-45. Occasionally one hears about the possibility of such a
>> scratch as a reason to keep a filter on.
>>
>> I can't comment on the DA 12-24. I'll probably never buy it (don't
>> feel I need it). I have, however, systematically compared the
>> performance of the DA 14 against the DA 16-45 at 16 mm. The
>> surprising result was that the DA 16-45 was sharper. I did not
>> evaluate for rectilinear correction.
>
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