08-08-2011, 10:08 PM
Thanks, Dave.
[quote name='dave9t5' timestamp='1312833464' post='10527']
it's a reminder that it's about the photographer and not the equipment and that I spend too much time looking at the data and not enough time shooting!
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Actually that's the essence of what I have learned especially in the recent two years doing these reviews. Being out in the field actually using the lenses is the fun part of the review work (for me) and I have shot quite a few personal keepers with "crappy" lenses. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a really good lens, but I'm less of a gear head than I used to be a two or three years ago.
Just one note regarding the technical quality of the sample images: I use Capture One to convert these images and I sometimes wish I had chosen something else. C1 does a tremendous job of extracting details from raw images, many images that look a bit soft in Aperture or LR look a lot better in C1. Thus perceived sharpness is usually higher than low MTF rating would lead you to expect.
However, to retain comparability, I will continue to use C1 for the samples.
-- Markus
[quote name='dave9t5' timestamp='1312833464' post='10527']
it's a reminder that it's about the photographer and not the equipment and that I spend too much time looking at the data and not enough time shooting!
[/quote]
Actually that's the essence of what I have learned especially in the recent two years doing these reviews. Being out in the field actually using the lenses is the fun part of the review work (for me) and I have shot quite a few personal keepers with "crappy" lenses. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a really good lens, but I'm less of a gear head than I used to be a two or three years ago.
Just one note regarding the technical quality of the sample images: I use Capture One to convert these images and I sometimes wish I had chosen something else. C1 does a tremendous job of extracting details from raw images, many images that look a bit soft in Aperture or LR look a lot better in C1. Thus perceived sharpness is usually higher than low MTF rating would lead you to expect.
However, to retain comparability, I will continue to use C1 for the samples.
-- Markus
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