Originally posted by cali92rs Nice shots
I didn't realize that you had the 15-30mm. Thought you only had the 24-70.
What are your impressions? I really like mine...except imho the hood is not sufficient. I sometimes have to use my hand to block stray light which is tough with a lens of this mass.
I just got it a week ago and haven't had a whole lot of time to post (or take photos) with it. I think I'm pretty impressed. It has very minimal distortion and is pretty flare resistant. It is definitely a chunk of a lens -- pretty similar in size to the 24-70, but kind of stubbier.
I'm comparing it to the DA 15 on APS-C and it is definitely sharper corner to corner -- my 15 needed to be at f8 to have decent corners -- it has more flare (but not bad at all) and is huge (you could probably put 10 DA 15s in the space of one 15-30.
The hood thing doesn't bother me too much. Most ultra wide angle lenses don't have a great hood -- particularly not the zooms.