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I was setting up the Contax to win a shoot out.
The Canon zooms are just one reason why I eventually dumped my entire Canon system.
The old 17-35 had barrel distortion worthy of a fisheye...just terrible. The 16-35 was a bit better, but neither were worth taking serious pictures with IMO due to contrast problems. I hated them. I ran a test of their 16-35 at the 35 end against a 35/1.4L, and sold the zoom the next day.
I just processed my first wedding pictures done with the ND and N 17-35/2.8. Typical WA distortion but I haven't seen barrel distortion in any of them yet, and a lot less pull at the edges when set to 17mm compared to lenses like the Canon. And the colors are way better than Canons'...but I always hated the Canon pastel look anyway.
An intresting side note, I found the ND to be the best digital I've encountered for B&W conversions. Very tone rich.
The Canon zooms are just one reason why I eventually dumped my entire Canon system.
The old 17-35 had barrel distortion worthy of a fisheye...just terrible. The 16-35 was a bit better, but neither were worth taking serious pictures with IMO due to contrast problems. I hated them. I ran a test of their 16-35 at the 35 end against a 35/1.4L, and sold the zoom the next day.
I just processed my first wedding pictures done with the ND and N 17-35/2.8. Typical WA distortion but I haven't seen barrel distortion in any of them yet, and a lot less pull at the edges when set to 17mm compared to lenses like the Canon. And the colors are way better than Canons'...but I always hated the Canon pastel look anyway.
An intresting side note, I found the ND to be the best digital I've encountered for B&W conversions. Very tone rich.