The presented years ago Canon 1022 was already an interesting, albeit expensive, option. The shortly thereafter emerged third-party structures were cheaper and also better equipped, but partly (Sigma!), Say it gently, certain series dispersion affected. What bring even 10 mm wide angle, when the left half of the images remains blurred
And now comes with Canon as a plastic-Elaste bombers. Can this go on?
A short answer after a few days: Yes, it can !.
The pictures on the when it comes here, the optical quality of the lenses, quite merciless Canon 7D is the technological progress of recent years clearly noted. The sharpness (or blur) to amaze know the color transfer is to kneel down. CA (color bleeding) are de facto non-existent, even in critical classics (branches against white sky) to recognize only in Pixelpeeping position. The mechanism (AF and especially IS) operates so quietly that I thought at first, the lens was broken.
All this in an objective at this price seemingly too good to be true, what is just, also remains at the image edge straight, distortion there is virtually no. (However, there are of course distortions, but these are not to chalk the lens, but result from the normal laws of perspective.)
The minuses are as fast as stated understood: a lens hood is absent (as with all Canon lenses except some L), a quiver as well (ditto), the housing puts forward not quite plan to remember to (about the polarizing filter as there is through the Scheuer distortion noises when turning the filter). But this is really to forgive considering the price.
For a few fine, nice extras:
+ The relatively small for this focal length FiItergewinde ø 67 mm saves some additional, high output
+ The stabilizer is excellent, both when shooting as soon as the shooting, the photographer remains on the ground and no miracles expected
+ Thanks to plastic design, the whole thing is amazingly easy
Conclusion: The 21st century with its technical progress is always good for a surprise. The equivalent of a small-year-old car would have been due for a lens of this quality before 20years. As the bag continues to beat mechanically over time remains to be seen. Visually definitely thoroughly recommended.
