More important question: Which is the most interesting? DS
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ken Waller > Sent: Wednesday, 10 June 2009 12:11 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - Sharpness Comparison Redux > > # 2 ooks the sharpest, by a small margin, to me. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph McAllister" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO - Sharpness Comparison Redux > > > >A bit impractical as far as PDML goes. But thank you for taking a look. > > > > I had to look at them quite a few times, making sure my eyes were free of > > excess liquid, and my glasses perfectly clean, before I was able to pick > > out the two best, and the best, given the conditions. Don't think it > > would be any better on a tripod, given Anti-shake and shutter speeds from > > 1/500 to 1/1000. > > > > I concentrated on the top bolt of the sign. Compared that to the > > sharpness of the flowers against the evergreen to see if back focus was > > bad. Checked the two leaves that were closest to the sign on the upper > > right hand side of the octagon. I tried making it larger, but they > > started to fall apart rather than getting closer. They were only 1/6 of > > the size of the sensor widthwise, less in the vertical dimension. > > > > I've re-cropped, to simplify. Take another look and give me your best > > guesses again please. > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/jomac/PESO/0007/ > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2009, at 15:26 , Ken Waller wrote: > > > >> I think you'd probably have to print these to answer your question. As > >> viewed on the web they all look the same to me - too close to call. > >> > >> Kenneth Waller > >> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[email protected] > >> > > >> Subject: Re: PESO - Sharpness comparison > >> > >> > >>> > >>> ---- Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I shot my local stop sign from my deck this afternoon. Six different > >>>> lenses. Auto-focused second push on the release on the stop sign, > >>>> center spot, center weighted exposure, similar focal lengths, anti- > >>>> shake on, MTF mode. > >>>> > >>>> http://homepage.mac.com/jomac/PESO/0007/ > >>>> > >>>> If you go through images 1 thru 6, then go back and start over, they > >>>> will be in your cache, and load much faster. Makes it easier to > >>>> compare. > >>>> > >>>> I'd like to hear from a few of you as to which stop sign you think is > >>>> sharpest. I know what I think, but... > >>> > >>> Based on the images presented, I cannot make any practical choice. > >>> They all look about the same. > > > > Joseph McAllister > > Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
