Here are two shots of Stanford Memorial Church with new 17 TS-E on 1ds3.
The first one is shifted some to limit the courtyard foreground and the 2nd is max shifted up. The next day I went back there to shoot some comparison shots with my 14-24G Nikon lens. So far the 17 seems to match the center sharpness of my 14-24G at 17mm but is softer in the extreme borders and corners compared to my 14-24G at f8 when unshifted and at f8 or f9. I want to do more testing just to confirm this. I will post example shots to show this.
The first one is shifted some to limit the courtyard foreground and the 2nd is max shifted up. The next day I went back there to shoot some comparison shots with my 14-24G Nikon lens. So far the 17 seems to match the center sharpness of my 14-24G at 17mm but is softer in the extreme borders and corners compared to my 14-24G at f8 when unshifted and at f8 or f9. I want to do more testing just to confirm this. I will post example shots to show this.