11-29-2020, 11:00 AM
No, this one isn't dismal, I was referring to the other 24-70 Art you tested on Canon... That one was "interesting". On some focal lengths it didn't really get any good outside the center even stopped down. And remember that some people use large apertures not because they want only one eye in focus but because they need to shoot in low~ish light, where the DOF considerations are secondary, or the shallow DOF may become a detriment. In such cases, better cross-frame uniformity may be desired.