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Aperture Series: Sidelit Barn (Pentax K3)
Pentax K3, shake reduction off.
This aperture series evaluate the Pentax HD Limited 15mm f/4 on a real-world subject that includes front-to-back detail to assess sharpness and to rule out field curvature.
When assessing lens sharpness, it is critical to rule out erroneous conclusions that might occur with a flat target. For example, a lens can appear to be soft at the corners and yet actually be very sharp, but at a slightly different distance. The subject chosen allows a correct evaluation to be made, by having both foreground and background detail available to assess any field curvature behavior.
Resolution needed from the lens
The 24-megapixel APS-C sensor in the Pentax K3 has no anti-aliasing filter, and thus is capable of resolving a very high level of detail.
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Diglloyd DAP is DSLR-oriented, but also contains workflow and other topics. Much of the focus is on Canon and Nikon but also Pentax and Pentax medium format.
Special emphasis is placed on lens evaluation, focusing on Canon and Nikon and Sigma lenses, but with a few others like Rokinon/Samyang.
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