Hi Denise,


Sorry to hear that you're having issues with your new lens. [] From my reading, QC was and apparently remains an issue for Sigma - at least you bought from B&H who have excellent customer service.


Thanks for posting the comparison shots! Looking at the shots on Flickr, it seems that the Canon 85mm f/1.8 is a little sharper. [*-)] These are 100% crops taken from the f/2.8, which is far enough from wide open for them to be nearly as sharp as they're going to get.


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This may be an autofocus issue (unless you manually focused with Live View, which is how I usually focus for sharpness comparisons).