I remember reading in a book (I believe it was one of those Ansel Adams books..) that the best way to test for Lens sharpness/resolution was to take a photo of a newspaper stuck to a brick wall at a reasonable distance and then check the neg/print afterwards to determine how well the lens holds up.
It was something along those lines.. anyone can correct me on this one :) Cheers, Dave Original Message: ----------------- From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:08:16 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lens Sharpness? In Pop Photo (http://www.popphoto.com/HowTo/ArticleDisplay.asp?ArticleID=193&page=5) I read the following: "Whenever anyone asks me how he can tell if his lens is sufficiently sharp, I tell him (or her) to take pictures with it. Load up with one of those great ISO 400 slide films, wait for a nice bright day, find a colorful scene at mid-distance, and shoot away using a tripod. " What? use 400 ISO film to measure sharpness??????? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
