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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 116574" data-attributes="member: 9240">The folks at this site spent what I'm assuming is a lot of time putting together profiles of different lenses in a way that allows you to compare them both to other lenses and to itself (at various apertures) simply by mousing over the image and moving from one setting to the other.&nbsp; It captures pieces of an image taken at 3 specific spots on this chart...<img src="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Images/Other/ISO-12233-Chart-Diagram.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />... at varying focal lengths and apertures so that the full image is always comprised of the entire red box.&nbsp; My biggest concern with the 16-35 has always been box 3 at 16mm, where it's soft at almost every aperture.&nbsp; While not visible in your shots (I'd need to see full size jpgs to have a better idea) it's still a bit concerning to me since it's the widest setting that I'm most interested in, and the lens is 2/3 the price of the 14-24.&nbsp; Here's a link to a <a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=615&amp;Camera=614&amp;Sample=0&amp;FLI=2&amp;API=2&amp;LensComp=689&amp;CameraComp=614&amp;SampleComp=0&amp;FLIComp=0&amp;APIComp=0" target="_blank">preset side-by-side of the two</a>.Regardless, it's food for thought.&nbsp; Thanks for taking the time, Marcel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 116574, member: 9240"] The folks at this site spent what I'm assuming is a lot of time putting together profiles of different lenses in a way that allows you to compare them both to other lenses and to itself (at various apertures) simply by mousing over the image and moving from one setting to the other. It captures pieces of an image taken at 3 specific spots on this chart... [IMG]http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Images/Other/ISO-12233-Chart-Diagram.jpg[/IMG] ... at varying focal lengths and apertures so that the full image is always comprised of the entire red box. My biggest concern with the 16-35 has always been box 3 at 16mm, where it's soft at almost every aperture. While not visible in your shots (I'd need to see full size jpgs to have a better idea) it's still a bit concerning to me since it's the widest setting that I'm most interested in, and the lens is 2/3 the price of the 14-24. Here's a link to a [URL="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=615&Camera=614&Sample=0&FLI=2&API=2&LensComp=689&CameraComp=614&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0"]preset side-by-side of the two[/URL]. Regardless, it's food for thought. Thanks for taking the time, Marcel. [/QUOTE]

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