As someone who’s been photographing for a few decades now, it looks like the recent iterations of lenses from the big brands are basically “perfect.” 70s and 80s lenses had tradeoffs... with today’s lenses from Canon/Nikon/Sony, those made in the last 5 years or so, the optical quality after digital correction is so high that for any non-extreme form of photography they can be considered perfect. And that goes from lenses like Canon’s 35 1.4 ($1800) down to their 10-18 ($250). The gearheads can natter online but the returns here are now nearly fully diminished.