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Started Feb 14, 2019 | Discussions thread
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Re: Fuji 35/1.4 vs PL 25/1.4
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Airolo wrote:

Raist,

just by accident I checked these two lenses at I-R this morning. PL wide open was better. Then I read your claim. So I went to Lenstip and Opticallimits.

Sorry, but all the three sites got the same results wide open.

Centre: roughly the same sharpness.

Edges and corners: PL is (substantially) better.

I can only state my experience.  Maybe the lens could be better in theory but the system as a whole- perhaps the detail of xtrans etc. works on its advantage.

The PL25 F1.4 is very good once you stop down to F3.2-F4, but so is the Fuji. The original PL 25 4/3rds was definitively better.

Maybe you have very good copy of Fuji and very bad copy of PL, but controlled tests are of different meaning than you.

Be careful how you compare different systems particularly lens-tips. Afaik they warn you can't just compare lenses across systems like that (forgot the reasons at the moment).

Keep in mind also, sharp is not the only characteristic that makes a lens "pop" if you will.

That said, I can't definitively not rule out bad/good copies scenarios.  Thanks for the words.

Anyway, enjoy your lenses.

Regards.

Peter

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