G'day all.
I'm interested in seeing some images, both low light and in sunlight, from this monster of a lens taken wide open.
A few users here had reported softness there, and others say it's razor sharp - not mentioning under what conditions such results were achieved.
I've recently acquired one myself from B&H and have had mixed results wide open as shown below (none cropped, so evident softness would only be more obvious in larger/cropped versions). I should add that once taken to f/4 and above, the poorer results virtually disappear:
*NB: not intended to be a scientific study in the performance of this lens*
*Real life trial only - all taken with AWB setting, with Tv no slower than 1/FL and ISO<800 with K20D...*
*Please also excuse the boring subjects in these images*
200mm f/2.8
130mm f/2.8 (supposedly the Achilles' heel of the Tammy)
200mm at f/2.8
160mm at f/2.8
200mm at f/2.8
130mm at f/2.8
200mm at f/2.8
TIA.