Sharpness at 11mm

Our sharpness tests were conducted using a 42-megapixel Canon EOS 5DS R body mounted to a tripod. The camera’s shutter release was also set on a timer-delay to avoid any possible camera shake. The test subject was shot using ambient lighting, hence some colour and contrast variation is to be expected between apertures.

The full frame at 11mm

Centre sharpness is impressively high throughout the entire aperture range, with peak performance between f/5.6-f/11. Corner sharpness is also excellent, again producing optimal sharpness at f/5.6-f/11. At f/16 sharpness is beginning to drop off a little due to diffraction, and is clearly evident at f/22.

Aperture	Centre Crop	Edge Crop
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
f/11
f/16
f/22