Hi Guys,
Got my DA 20-40 a couple of days ago. First impressions, although slightly bigger than the FA31, the lens feels very light. It does not seem to have that cold metallic feel of the other limiteds.
Haven't got a chance to really take it out for a spin. Took some initial pictures. The color, contrast and rendering seem like my other limiteds.
Took some backyard pictures to measure sharpness against my other lenses. Tested against the DA21, FA31, FA43 and the DA* 16-50. Shot on tripod. My copy seems to have focus issues at 20mm.
Reproducing here in case someone finds this useful. I intend to do some more real world testing this weekend.
Scene:
100% center crops.
~21mm@f/4
DA21
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
Edit.
Here is a different one at f/4 from a second set of tests I did. This one seems slightly better. Not directly comparable against this set since they were not taken at the same time.
~21mm@f/5.6
DA21
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40 @f/5.6
~21mm@f/8
DA21
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~30mm@f/3.5
FA31
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~31mm@f/4
FA31
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~31mm@f/5.6
FA31
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
@f/8
FA31
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~40mm@f/4
FA43
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~40mm@f/5.6
FA43
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
~40mm@f/8
FA43
DA* 16-50
DA 20-40
Last edited by sanjeevdas; 12-13-2013 at 10:50 AM.