Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
I'm having a real issue with this test. I have done 3 formal tests shooting walls and each time the 80mmD smokes it wide open and I mean smokes it and the 80mm LS does not catch up until 5.6 or so. I can post results and all that but I actually think something is off on the CI demo lens and sent a message to Dave to check it when it gets back to there shop. What is really interesting is just some random shots wide open it looks very good indeed but again believe it or not the 80mmD lens is something special and not sure many know how damn good that lens is . In the S2 test it was obvious it nailed everything in sight and equaled or was better than the 70mm S2 lens.
Now i want to be careful here because i think the LS is a great lens no question about it but I'm not comfortable to call a winner here unless I try another lens out. As someone that does do reviews from time to time, I'm just not feeling it with this test. So with that until I get another lens to test I will leave it alone but wanted everyone to know i did the test but honestly I can't convince myself it is accurate and like always i am full disclosure on this stuff.
Now here are some random shots ALL wide open here.
Now i want to be careful here because i think the LS is a great lens no question about it but I'm not comfortable to call a winner here unless I try another lens out. As someone that does do reviews from time to time, I'm just not feeling it with this test. So with that until I get another lens to test I will leave it alone but wanted everyone to know i did the test but honestly I can't convince myself it is accurate and like always i am full disclosure on this stuff.
Now here are some random shots ALL wide open here.