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Canon 15 45mm f3.5: Optical Performance

16 positive · 7 mixed · 30 critical mentions across 53 sources.

is very sharp with good contrast let's now look at the corner of the image quite soft at f 3.5 let's now close the aperture at 5.6 and we see a small improvement but for good sharpness in the corners we have to close all the way to f8 stopping now at f11 and due to diffraction the image started
— Aperture Atlas (source)
are smooth and quiet let's see about picture quality the 24 mapel apsc sensor of my Canon EOS M3 will set quite a challenge to just about any lens really I've turned on peripheral illumination and chromatic aberration correction in the camera for these tests at 15 mm and f3.5 the lens is really…
— Christopher Frost (source)
at the widest angle 15 mm and f3.5 the image is brilliantly sharp in the middle the corners though look rather smeared at f5.6 the Quality is much better although stopping down further to f8 doesn't offer any improvement from there let's zoom in now about halfway at 24 mm the new maximum aperture…
— Christopher Frost (source)

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