seismiccwave Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Pretty hard to tell. The Canon 100% crop is larger because I messed up. The Canon has twice the megapixel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two23 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hansen-- I'm surprised anything looks sharp to you after drinking fifty bucks worth of whiskey. Kent in SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_worth Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Just about all lenses are sharp at f/8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Kent, me too. Stephen, exactly my thought. That's why I was questioning the OP. There are just too many choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emraphoto Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 although i don't use it often the 80-200 f2.8 is damn sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_standon Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 It's the lens that is mounted on the camera body that is mounted on my tripod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpernal Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Any good lens, under the proper circumstances, lighting, subject... (lets think, intricate insect, vs. glowing sunset) this is such a subjective topic..... sharp enough for a photojournalist may not be sharp enough for a macro enthusiast. The important thing is a lens that will capture the "feeling" attempting to be conveyed with the subject at hand. Also, the definition required for the subject at hand.... This topic has already been discussed ad nauseum (in this blog alone). A good question may be... what is the sharpest lens to purchase for rare coins and/or postage stamps.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmm Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 To be honest, if you're talking practically (rather than in relation to carefully measured image quality in controlled conditions) then I might go out on a limb and say that sharpness in fact is synonimous with speed. What I mean is this. I hand-hold for 90% of my images. As such the degree to which an image is sharp is infinitely more affected by the shutter speeds available to me than the optical characteristics of a lens. Put more simply, the very best lens will be less sharp if I can only use it at 1/30 than a 'lesser' lens that has enough aperture that I can routinely use it around 1/100 or faster in the same situation. I know this answer is not one that the technophiles among us like, and I - like all of us - enjoy thinking that I have optically great glass. But in practical useability terms, there is some sense in what I say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 After looking at those images for a while. I jumped to the conclusion that the sharpest lens is the Canon 85 mm f1.2L Mk 2 on my 1DsMk3 body. I hate to say that because I just love my Nikon systems. I have to bring my D700 and the Nikon 85 mm f1.4 tomorrow to do the same tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron l Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 My 85mm f1.4 appears to have more resolution than my D200 will give me. My 50mm f1.8 is just about the same. Check out Bjorn's list of the best of the best at: http://www.naturfotograf.com/bestof.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo5 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept!" - Ansel Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmulcahy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 What I want to know is who in the heck would charge $50 for a bottle of JD??? And you paid it? It goes for half that were I'm from. If I'm paying $50 for whiskey it's going to be scotch or irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari v Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Dollar or dollar... for example 50 HKD is 6,45 USD, I wouldn't mind that price. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonard_forte1 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 My sharpest lenses are the 85mm f/1.4 and the 70-200 f/2.8. Excellent bokeh on both. I can get very sharp results handheld if the shutter speed if fast enough. In fact I prefer handheld for freedom of movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_brown4 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Im my bag, it would be the 60/2.8, the 85/1.8 or the 300/4. Pretty hard to say which is better, they are all extremely good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_sevigny Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Since somebody brought up Ansel, why not bring up Cartier Bresson. Didn't he say sharpness was overrated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two23 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Chad-- I looked up Kadota Liquors and found they are located in Hilo, HI. Everything is a ton more expensive there. Kent in SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo5 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I dunno but I've never seen a photo.net thread go so off topic like this one - talking about alcohol?? Shun are you there? Maybe this thread needs to be closed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 <i>I've never seen a photo.net thread go so off topic like this one</i> <br><Br> You need to hang out in the Pentax forum more often. <br><Br> I kid! I jest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_weston1 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 not off topic, the more JD one drinks the sharper your lenses will become, this has been tested and works 100% of the time.....;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMoxham Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Well my Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF is pretty damb good but my Tamron 28-75 2.8 is no slouch either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarmstrong Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hansen, I think the whiskey looked better in the Nikon image! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Richard, I believe you are right. The whiskey on the Nikon shot is lighter. Part of the problem is that I used the RAW file from the Nikon and the jpeg from the Canon because I changed the picture size and knocked off the RAW file. So there was some in camera processing done to the Canon file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kam_kozalak Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Sharpness is overrated. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man1 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 28/2.8 Ais manual focus; 80-200mm f/4.5 Ai; and 50/1.4 AF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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