Me thinks your "Insanely in focus" comment is too much influenced by the
soft out-of-focus areas in the background. It's relative insanity and
not absolute.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/21/2011 10:37 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=628&Itemid=1
>
> Very interesting. When something hits the plane of focus, it is REALLY
> in focus. Insanely in focus. I can tell that the lens is highly
> corrected and when focused this close, there are some fascinating
> artifacts in the out-of-focus highlights within the 75% to 150% of
> focus distance. Focused at the minimum distance, the 100/2 is sharper
> than the 100/2.8, but I prefer the 2.8 in this range because of those
> artifacts. At more normal distances, or when out-of-focus sparkles
> aren't present, the 100/2 smokes the 2.8.
>
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