Your eye to compare the same shot with 3 different lenses
Aug 25, 2020 16:16:41 #
Hi All,
I will give you the big reveal about which lens is which after I get a few comments, but the gist of it is I shot the same flower using 3 different lenses all at 100mm and set to f8 1/100. The ISO was a little different because the sun came in and out a little. It is not a perfect apples to apple test because I adjusted each shot in post to get the best look to my eye, rather than doing everything exactly identically. I did turn on lens correction in lightroom for each lens.
Two of the lenses are already 'keepers' and the 3rd one I am trying out. I chose 100mm because it was the only focal length all 3 lenses had in common.
I am interested in image quality, particularly sharpness. If you could rank them from best to worst I would appreciate the feedback.
I will give you the big reveal about which lens is which after I get a few comments, but the gist of it is I shot the same flower using 3 different lenses all at 100mm and set to f8 1/100. The ISO was a little different because the sun came in and out a little. It is not a perfect apples to apple test because I adjusted each shot in post to get the best look to my eye, rather than doing everything exactly identically. I did turn on lens correction in lightroom for each lens.
Two of the lenses are already 'keepers' and the 3rd one I am trying out. I chose 100mm because it was the only focal length all 3 lenses had in common.
I am interested in image quality, particularly sharpness. If you could rank them from best to worst I would appreciate the feedback.
Aug 25, 2020 16:20:08 #
Aug 25, 2020 16:21:02 #
Aug 25, 2020 16:30:36 #
Since there must be some yellow in the photos and I do not see shades in varying colors of yellow I would guess that I would use the lens in the second photo as it looks the best to me.
Aug 25, 2020 16:40:41 #
Aug 25, 2020 17:11:18 #
bleirer wrote:
I am interested in image quality, particularly sharpness. If you could rank them from best to worst I would appreciate the feedback.
I am interested in image quality, particularly sharpness. If you could rank them from best to worst I would appreciate the feedback.
My ole eyes likes the outer petals of image 1.
Flip a coin for center sharpness of image 2 & 3.
Aug 25, 2020 18:42:19 #
The sharpness in the center of 2&3 are noticeably sharper than number 1 to my eye.
Aug 25, 2020 18:43:25 #
Aug 25, 2020 19:09:56 #
Aug 25, 2020 20:29:46 #
Strodav wrote:
I can't draw any meaningful conclusion with 600x608 images.
Try the download! The uhh thumbnails are always tiny.
Aug 25, 2020 20:34:34 #
bleirer wrote:
Try the download! The uhh thumbnails are always tiny.
2 & 3 are better than 1. The minor difference between 2 & 3 are a toss-up, seemingly unrelated to the equipment used as no two unique images are ever truly exactly the same. But, it's unclear what purpose this inspection is intended to demonstrate or accomplish.
Aug 25, 2020 21:41:33 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
On my monitor, there is more fine detail visible in image #3 than #2, especially in the left half of the image. Both appear better than #1. No way to tell whether the difference is due to the lens or your processing or the initial exposure & lighting. The difference is most visible in the area between 8 & 9 o'clock.
Aug 25, 2020 22:51:01 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
bleirer wrote:
Try the download! The uhh thumbnails are always tiny.
The downloads have a resolution of 96. Not conducive to zoom and compare.
Aug 25, 2020 23:49:09 #
cahale wrote:
The downloads have a resolution of 96. Not conducive to zoom and compare.
Check this article out, it explains why that number doesn't impact how the image is displayed. I could have made it a little bigger, but about 1500 pixels square was just the size of the crop I used to emphasize the subject for comparison, so I left it there.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-512745-1.html
Aug 26, 2020 07:07:24 #
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