There is no such thing as best in lenses. At best there is “best sharpness” or “best controlled background blur.” These are, of course, highly desireable qualities, under most circumstances, and may even cause someone to rate a lens “best all around.” This means that under the greatest number of circumstances, this will be the… Read More »
In hearing many things about “how much detail is enough?” I find a certain irony in hearing that digital is “good enough” and top quality film has “too much extraneous information” from the same people (not necessarily on this list) who would rather die than be caught with a third-party lens on their camera. I… Read More »
While there may be some notable exceptions that I am unaware of, most older third-party MF wide-angles are pretty bad (I had a Makinon 24mm f/2.8 (before I knew any better) that was so bad the edges were vignetted and the whole image was soft, noticable even on a 3×5″ print; I got rid of… Read More »