Sharp Across the Frame?

[bakubo]

I figured this out for my own photography a long, long time ago. You might enjoy reading what this writer also figured out for his photography with a Sony lens as an example:

http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/20 ... -fill.html

Of course, this may or may not make any sense at all for you and your photography.

[Dr. Harout]

Nice read, thanks for the link.

[Birma]

Thanks Henry. Makes a lot of sense to me

[bakubo]

The writer occasionally writes something interesting. I read something he wrote about the Panasonic G3 several months ago while I was in Tokyo and soon after I saw such a good deal on a new one with 2 lenses that I bought it.

[bakubo]

I read this interesting post today about how the sought after and prized qualities of lenses has changed over the years.

So You Say You Want a 'Sharp' Lens

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.co ... tletk.html

When Eastman Kodak was developing its famous series of Commercial Ektar large format lenses (in the 1950s, I think), its scientists conducted a series of empirical tests—they showed a large number of prints to a large number of people to find out what technical properties people actually preferred the look of. They found that people liked high contrast but not-so-high resolution, so that's how they formulated the lenses. Commercial Ektars have a particular rich-but-smooth look that many large format photographers still prize today.