Joel,
Your study proves once again how three wildly different lenses produces,
at normal viewing distance, almost identical images. The differences are
so subtle that they only matter to (some) photographers.
People should stop obsessing about lens differences, and focus on
their composition
and light :-)
Dawid
On 30 Jan 2012, at 12:31 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> I have placed three photos on my homepage of the same flower from the
> same session using the same camera with three different macro
> lenses. I
> used a black background, which is something I often do with flower
> photography, and this somewhat eliminates bokeh from the discussion.
> One of the lenses is the OT Nikk*r 55/28 macro, and the other two are
> the Zuiko 90/2 and 50/3.5.
>
> I used a handheld meter and shot in manual mode. Development of the
> raw
> files I did in Sagelight, using identical settings for all three
> images.
> Light sharpening of the converted images (300% amount, .3 p radius) in
> Sagelight. Saved for web in Photoshop. No further sharpening of web
> version. Focus point is on the parallel lines within the main
> "barrell"
> of the flower and I used the screen and my eye to focus (rather than
> focus confirm via the adapter) with apparent success. ISO 200, WB
> sunny, shutter speed 1/8, f11 for all three images.
>
> As each lens is a different focal length, there are differences among
> the images in camera position relative to the flower -- more
> significant, of course, with the Z 90 as compared with the 50 and 55,
> but even the 55 required some repositioning of the tripod. Oh yeah, I
> forgot to mention I used a tripod, MLU, and cable release.
>
> <http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/index.html>
>
> Which lens(es) would you expel from the camera bag?
>
> Joel W.
>
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