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Which is the sharpest? Battle of six lenses @50mm f/5.6

Started Aug 13, 2019 | Discussions thread
Roland Karlsson Forum Pro • Posts: 30,035
Re: Which is the sharpest? Battle of six lenses @50mm f/5.6

Roland Karlsson wrote:

This is my first take at it

  1. Tamron 28-200 - oops, faulty?
  2. Sigma 50-500 - OK
  3. Pentax 17-70 - OK
  4. Pentax 50-200 - soft, but nearly OK
  5. Tamron 17-50 - very good
  6. Sigma 17-70 - very good (maybe with an edge)

I cannot decide between 5 and 6. Number 6 has higher contrast which makes it look sharper. So ... I give it a better point.

BTW - are you sure that the focus not is on the wall for the pictures?

And this is my take at corner sharpness (lower left corner).

  1. Very soft
  2. OK
  3. Slightly soft
  4. Slightly more soft
  5. OK
  6. OK

Much harder to tell

But 5 and 6 are clear overall winners and 2 seems to come after that.

NOTE - in this test, of course. There might be sample variations and the images might not be optimally focused etc.

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