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Sharpest 40-45mm landscape lens

Started Apr 7, 2015 | Discussions thread
tt321
tt321 Forum Pro • Posts: 13,854
Re: OOPS! You are right.

In general and esp. for cheap zooms, the longest end tends to be the weakest and the shortest the best.

The observations made from these charts may be dependent on slrgear's testing methods. Some of these results are at the finest resolutions of their tests, i.e. what they call a single 'blur unit'. For all we know the prime could be 0.1 of a blur unit and the zoom might be closer to 1.5, and this might actually be observable in photos.

However, at this level it's entirely possible for sample variations within one model to be more significant than differences between models. So if you do get a 45, you need to make sure it's from someone who takes returns/replacements on sharpness.

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