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I was pointing out the coma as a negative aspect of the lens. I was comparing it to two the best 24mm equiv. lenses out there (that I know of). Show me an Auto Focusing 24mm f1.4 weather sealed lens that is smaller, less expensive and doesn't produce coma shot wide open. I did not even come close to saying it's better than any lens at any focal length for any purpose. This lens isn't marketed as an astro lens, OP didn't say anything about shooting astro, I just wanted to agree that the coma was terrible but point out that the other top lenses at this focal length suffer from the same problem. Don't you think the coma is terrible? Glad we agree. Is there a lens that has ever been made that corrects for coma, yes, lots. Is there a lens that makes better bokeh, so so many. But OP wasn't asking about those, he was asking about the XF16mm.

I think it's great. I got this lense primarily for product shots, landscape work and candid people snaps and have zero complaints. It's a wide angle lens so no, the bokeh is not super dreamy but it's no trouble getting subject separation and I've never felt any of the shots were unusable because the bokeh was too busy. I think the canon 24l would be the best but it's $500 more and I don't think the bokeh is much better. See this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelbmxking/21711584354/in/pool-24l/ Yeah, shooting astro there is coma but again, this is also a problem with the canon 24l and nikkor 24 1.4. I'm no optics engineer but if you want coma to be optically corrected expect a larger lens and a price tag to match. Just stop it down to 2.8 and be done with it. Contrast, sharpness, AF speed, wonderful clutch MF, build quality, price. I'd say this is up there with the very best if not the best you can get at this focal length. Samples: