[peteer01]

Sadly, it didn't! He wanted to see the full size originals, probably to make sure I wasn't chosing a specific portion of the lens that benefited fixed focus. (All the photos are from the dead center, where AF was targeting.) And, he was arguing that while fixed focus lenses may be just slightly better at one specific distance, today's super zooms are being made so well that the difference is negligible. Part of the reason I did the comparison with his lenses is because he was telling me that the 30mm lens was the lens he used the least, and I wanted to help him realize some of the reasons he might want to take it out of his bag more often.

(As for me, I'm currently in love with f/1.4 bokeh and speed, improved image quality at settings my other lens can handle are just gravy on top.)