Quote: Has anyone received a good copy of this lens? Your rant alone has convinced me to stay far, far away from it
Yup - first copy of this lens I got was spot on. Has behaved perfectly, and crisp edge to edge at all apertures with the exception of some very subtle softness at the edges when wide open at f/2.8 But that softness is evenly distributed around the edges - it is NOT the "out-of-whack-ness" at one edge that some people have complained about.
I am very happy with my lens.
For those who want to compare, my serial number is 90164xx
I have some lovely lenses, including the fabulous 31mm f/1.8 Limited, but by far my favourite lenses are the two DA* lenses, the 16-50 and the 50-135. Now just waiting for a longer lens in the DA* series, and with a nice fast aperture....
A DA* 100-300mm f/2.8 would do me nicely, if they were to do such a thing (wishful thinking mode off...)