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My final test of the Pany 42.5mm F/1.7

Started May 29, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Betarover Senior Member • Posts: 1,049
Re: My final test of the Pany 42.5mm F/1.7

Nemo0815 wrote:


Panasonic 14-45mm 3.5-5.6 ASPH lens at F5.6

Are these OOC Jpegs? They look totally oversharpened which makes any difference in lense performance hardly visible. I would never print something like these with that kind of exaggerated sharpening.

What is an OOC JPEG?  These are JPEGS straight from my E-PL5 at its LSF setting.  There has been no post sharpening.  The camera's noise filter setting is on STANDARD.

I also took RAW and my results are the same (the Pany 42.5mm is a bit sharper than my Pany 14-45mm but the improvement is not apparent in a 20"x30" print).

As for your "never would print something like this with its exaggerated sharpening", that is your choice.  There is no exaggerated sharpening.  The camera's sharpening is set at STANDARD.  They are straight from the camera except for an auto contrast adjustment in Photoshop.  As for prints, I have printed many 20"x30" prints and they are superb.  Maybe you have not and thus your pixel peeping may show you "disturbing" things that do not actually show in a print.  I do not know what level of experience you are at with making large prints to hang on a wall.  Try it and see.

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