" Stan Birch wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:17:48 -0400, RichA wrote:

For the most part, the Canon 18-55 kit lens is not all that bad, and
serves a significantly credible purpose.

I bought a 50 1.8 having been told about its outstanding qualities.
I was shocked to find test shots of similar subjects taken using the 18-55
and 50 1.8 were indistinguishable on screen.
Pulling up the corners and edges 'till the pixels were obvious they were
still on a par.
Either I've got a flukey good 18-55 or an inferior 50 1.8

But who cares about MTF data - the image is everything ;o)