> For me I would rather have sharpness over contrast, at least for what I do
> with my images
I think you mean you would rather have resolution. Sharpness is basically edge
contrast which is
can be bumped up if the edges are well defined to begin with. Edge defintion
itself however depends
on a lens's ability to faithfully transmit contrast onto the film, and
generally gets worse as the edges get
physically closer. (This would correspond to increasing spatial frequency in
the MTF diagram.)
So in a way they are all related.
-Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bolty" <boldbolty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] what's good... OM Lenses
> I don't know about Lecia lenses but there is no doubt that good old Olly
> Lenses are certainly very sharp. See this image
> http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=46400
> Taken with a standard 50 f1.8 on Kodak 400tcn print film. For me I would
> rather have sharpness over contrast, at least for what I do with my images.
> I have the image scanned, so being able to capture a broad tonal range and
> get good detail in both shadow and the brighter parts of an image is
> preffered. I can then bump up the contrast in an image edditting program. It
> certainly is a lot harder to get sharpness out of an image if it is not
> there in the first place.
> Cheers Adam
>
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