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How sharp is the FP-L?

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Scottelly
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Re: How sharp is the FP-L? . . . VERY sharp!

adegroot wrote:

I might consider the FPL.

But: I have scoured photos on the internet, and they seem sharp, but not supersharp to my eyes. Am I wrong? What is the largest print you have made that wowed you?

It's very "sharp" . . . especially if you use the 65mm f2 i on it, or better yet, the 105mm f2.8 Art macro, which just may be the sharpest lens available (watch out you don't cut your eyes out with those sharp photos you'll make with it!).

Seriously, you can use various tools to "sharpen" photos from just about any camera, of course. In the L mount though, I don't think you can get a camera that will allow you to capture more detail than the fp L. Well . . . maybe the Panasonic S1R in pixel-shift mode . . .

If you don't want such a big, heavy camera as the S1R, but you want to use L mount lenses, I suggest going for the fp L. The only alternatives that can match or beat the fp L that I can think of are the more expensive Sony A7r IV and A7r V, or the much more expensive Leica M11, or the bigger, heavier Fuji GFX 100 S, which costs more than twice the price and requires big, heavy, expensive medium format lenses.

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