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My personal macro and tele lens comparison

Started Jul 24, 2013 | Discussions thread
CrisPhoto
OP CrisPhoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,749
Re: My personal macro and tele lens comparison
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As said, here some samples at 1:2 or even 1:1 magnification:

100% crop, click at the picture to see the correct size

As expected, the macro lens has more magnification capability.

The "big" zoom lens gets near to 1:1, but

  • shows about 1mm back focus, which is quite a lot for macro. Normally, I have to correct the focus manually.
  • is no longer sharp, even stopped down to f11 it is very soft and has some "halo" effect.

And last not least from 1:1 mag back to 1:3 mag:

A sample that shows how my loved 75mm lens degrades if I force it into macro land. Ok, the picture is boring and the lines on paper had no contrast, but I hope you can see the softness at the edges as well as the slight distortion:

(By the way, you can count the squares, each 5mm, to get the minimum FOV I can get with 75mm lens and 26mm extension rings. It is about 38mm...)

I resist and don't post the corresponding grid for the 60mm. It is also boring, but I can assure the lines are straight and one has to zoom in much deeper to find the flaws ...

Chris

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