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Quick Look at the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro

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Tyler, as Tyler does, handed me three copies of the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens this morning. It wasn’t a great day for testing; Wednesdays are always the busiest repair and turnaround day. But I did manage to squeeze in  a couple of hours with them.    

Resolution Tests

Why Aren’t the Damn Numbers the Same????

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I get asked a simple question almost every day: Why do your results say this, Joe’s results say that, and Bill’s results say something different? The questions surprised me at first; I grew up in biological and medical research and took it for granted everyone expected different tests to have slightly different results. But different […]

Resolution Tests

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 II Resolution Tests

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Here it is, only 6 months after announcement! The Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II has finally arrived. I’d love to say something like: “Never have so many forums contained so many threads containing such strong opinions from people who’ve never touched a lens.” But that would be silly. It happens just about every time a new […]

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Imatest Macro Results (With Apologies to the Nikon 105 VR Micro)

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A few months back we tested a number of Nikon lenses on the D800 cameras, hoping to determine which lenses could bring the absolute best resolution out of that camera’s 36-megapixel sensor. The results were interesting, and in a few cases surprising. More than a few Fanboys went ballistic over minutia, which is always entertaining. […]

Resolution Tests

Quick Nikon 28mm f/1.8 Imatest Report

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We had 4 copies of the new Nikon 28mm f/1.8 G AF-S (available to rent today) arrive today and I managed to snag a Nikon D800 just long enough to run Imatest numbers on the 4 copies of the lens. Most impressive!!! As always, the Don’t Lose Perspective disclaimer applies: this is simply MTF50 numbers for […]

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