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Almost flawless! 35mm f/2 IS USM review

Started Jun 26, 2014 | User reviews thread
Al Downie Senior Member • Posts: 1,407
Re: Almost flawless! 35mm f/2 IS USM review

Great Bustard wrote:

Al Downie wrote:

Seriously, joking apart, in my view some lenses *do* display something special (at all apertures) which cannot be measured by MTF charts or specifications.

If it can be seen, it can be measured.

Bokeh is one of these things;

Bokeh can be measured:

http://www.rickdenney.com/bokeh_test.htm

This is where we'll have to disagree. What's the formula for Art?? If aesthetic characteristics can really be measured, why does the reviewer above have to rely on adjectives like 'quite pleasing' to describe the differences between lenses?

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