Someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning......

I think Mike meant constant aperture, not fixed aperture.

Whoops, I guess I just bumped it to the top again.....

There's ten shots at various apertures on my Flickr account now, all full-size jpegs shot at ISO 80, converted from RAW with no editing at all. They're the 10 most recent pics so should be easy enough to find. Afraid it's breeze-block rather than bricks, they don't use bricks here. I thought I shot one at f4, but it looks like f4.5 was the widest.

let me know when you've downloaded them and I will delete them.

Flurble came from a comic I drew years ago. It's the only thing one of the characters could say. Don't ask.....


Try telling my lens it's an urban myth....Personally, I've yet to meet an owner who didn't talk about this lens being soft at the corners. If yours isn't either you are a very lucky bunny or you're not looking at full-sized images.

I will try and shoot a brick wall tomorrow if you like I have go shoot some anyway.

The bottom of the first two pics gives some idea though.

I'm not sure what flurble means either.

It's not just the corners that can be soft, but all the edges too, especially at wider apertures. I've just enabled downloading, let me know when or if you have downloaded them and I'll change my settings back. here's a couple at different apertures.


This one is at f5

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This one is at f7.1, much sharper but still a touch of softness at the edges

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By f8 it's pretty sharp across the frame

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Hope these give some idea. I can upload one taken at f4 if you like, I have a couple where the edges were so soft I didn't bother uploading them. I still really like the lens though, and for some reason it works better in IR than on my K5.

Well spotted and very nicely done

The image is a bit small as Dr O pointed out. I'm sure the original looks pretty impressive, though the WB looks way out. A bit of fill light might help bring out some more detail too..

Sounds more likely to be the lens. If it's a function of focus it sounds like one of the elements is going out of alignment as you focus further away. Try another zoom and see if it happens with just the 16-50.

I'd agree with Mike re lenses. I did one wedding as second shooter and only used one lens, a Sigma 24-60 f2.8, and was never tempted to change lenses. Mind you, I was never tempted to do another wedding either.....

The main photographer only had two lenses (both zooms) as far as I recall.

A TTL flashgun might be useful unless you are very familiar with the Yongnuo. It's all very well relying on available light but there might be shots where you want to use flash, plus you'll most likely need fill flash for some of the outdoor shots too.

Try leaving it in the sun for a few hours....