There are two important aspects to bokeh. It seems most people, when they hear the word, think immediately of the look of parts of the scene that are for out of focus. That’s a good thing to think about when buying, selecting, or using a lens, but the, ahem, focus, of today’s post is going… [Read More]
Picking a macro lens
On DPR, a poster asked what macro lens to get and got this reply: I would definitely go with the Z 105/2.8. It’s better than the F mount 105/2.8 and probably even the best macro lens ever made. This is a bit like saying that the 27mm f/5 Bio-Summagon is the best landscape lens ever… [Read More]
Field curvature in the Fuji GF 35-70, part 2
In a previous post, I tested the field curvature of the Fuji 35-70 GF using Roger Cicala’s quick and dirty method. A reader said he was having difficulty with what appeared to be field curvature in the corners. That gave me an idea for a modifications of Roger’s test. I rolled the camera so that… [Read More]
MTF50 and microcontrast of Fuji 35-70 GF
I finally got around to doing some quantitative tests on the Fuji 35-70 GF. This is the first of several posts with the results of those tests. Here’s the test protocol: RRS carbon fiber legs C1 head 35, 45, and 70 mm focal length Target distance as per the table below ISO 100 Electronic shutter… [Read More]
GF 35-70 and 32-64, foliage, corner
In the previous post, I compared the Fuji 35-70 GF against the 32-64 GF using foliage as the subject. I looked at the center of the images there; now I’ll look at the corner performance. I set up the GFX 100S as follows: RRS 4-series Versa legs Arca-Swiss C1 2-second self timer ES ISO… [Read More]
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