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01-04-2018 04:57 PM
Can you pick the one taken by a lens that is considered the sharpest there is vs the one that isn't considered the best in IQ?
3rd one thrown in just to make it more challenging. Only lens correction in LR has been done. No special lab techinques done either just a quck snap shot. This is just the way it is done in real world use.
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01-14-2018 01:13 PM
@shadowsports wrote:Ernie,
Are we going to get an actual reveal on this (specific lenses). Or was it entirely an exercise?
Thanks,
Even if it was entirely an exercise, there's no reason not to reveal the truth. Without it, the exercise has little or no value.
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01-14-2018 01:37 PM
Guys I actully can't tell either by just looking at them. I purposely deleted the exif data so no one else would either. However, I did write it down on a post-it note.
A is the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon.
B is the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Lens.
C is the Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens set to 35mm.
Each had lens correction done in LR upon import. Nothing else except to make the photos more or less the same AOV. Just a silly little exercise to try to show we just may make more out of the lens spec sheet than what it actually is. Working in the industry that I did, I had the chance to try and use a lot of camera gear at little cost to me. Since I retired from Hallmark I have explored this fascinating hobby of lens collecting. Playing with and using and passing them along. The bottom line I have learned now after 15 years of retirement is lab spec sheets do not tell the whole story.
It's all fun, ain't it?
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01-15-2018 09:23 AM - edited 01-15-2018 09:31 AM
shadowsports wrote:
Ernie,
No fair... "C" was taken at a different focal length. (Ha Ha)
"B" sharpest, "A" lower quality
"C" is the bonus shot.
Bets placed (gulp)
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Now I feel great because my untrained eye was spot on!
"B" Canon (L glass)
"A" Sigma (Art glass)
"C" Canon (non L)
Fully agree that IQ can be influences by many, many factors.
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01-15-2018 09:52 AM
Rick actually the test was between A and C. B was just a spoiler to make it more difficult. It isn't even a 35mm lens.
The point is the very best lens the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon vs a lens considered by most to be not very good the Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. Plus it was a prime vs a zoom.
If you picked A then you are pretty "sharp" at picking lenses. "I feel great because my untrained eye was spot on!"
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