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Originally Posted by bojan
Those reviews are not very helpful for us (astronomers).
Poetic language used is very often misleading and based on this you can't possibly decide which lens is better or even adequate for astro-work.
The only relevant info for the lens quality may be in a form of MTF - and this is shown by manufacturers less often than snake's legs.
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The Photozone reviewers are pretty matter of fact as far as I can ascertain. In a number of the reviews they'll often state the glaring flaws in often hyped models without poetic language (whatever that's supposed to mean).
Their own MTF and CA lab tests (I don't believe they're printed verbatim from the manufacturers) have been extremely helpful to me.
Hand's on would be very nice before making a commitment though.
Cheers
Doug