thompsonkirk
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Re: WATE: From what people report, there might be more variation among WATE copies than other Leica lenses. They must be hard to build and adjust.I don't have any corner issues with mine. Perhaps a little vignetting but that is it.
As a rule I do no sharpening (not even the default LR/ACR sharpening), and I have no corner problems at 18 and 21mm. But at 16mm I sometimes have to touch up the bottom corners a bit with the Photokit 'creative' sharpener, so that corner sharpness more closely matches the center.
@ Charlie: Perhaps you misread the title and/or thread. It wasn't about general or personal-preference comparisons; it was about some limited data offered by DPReview on two points of comparison: resolution, and dynamic range ( = post-processing latitude). The SL, perhaps because no prime lenses are available, does not come out on top in comparison to several other brands, for example Nikon and Sony. You can look at magnified JPG and RAW test shots for yourself. Ptomsu looks at the evidence closely in Post #3. If on this evidence about these two points you come to different conclusions, let us know?
There's always plenty of room for more subjective differences of opinion about handling, price, differences of style, habit, etc. Other threads are full of comments and even some venting about same.
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