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Crops at 35mm — Right Edge
Right edge of frame
Behavior is fairly similar to the left edge:
- At f/1.4, and f/2, the 35/1.4 produces an image twith some details, but its very soft and low contrast.
- At f/2.8, the 24-70 produces a very good image. The other lenses all produce low contrast images with lacking in detail.
- At f/4, the 35/1.4 stands out, with the 24-70 close behind. The 16-35 produces a low contrast image with acceptable but not detail. The 17-35 remains blurred and low contrast. The 28-70 is very hazy and smeared looking.
- At f/5.6, the 35/1.4 and 24-70 are looking excellent. The 16-35 is still marginal, the 17-35 is worse, and the 28-70 still suffers from some haze.
- At f/8, the 24-70 and 35/1.4 look excellent, with the 28-70 looking fairly good, but not at the same level. The 16-35 remains marginal, the 17-35 is worse.
- At f/11, the 16-35 and 17-35 improve a bit, with the 16-35 the better of the two. But both are still inferior to the 24-70 and 35/1.4 and even the 28-70, which has also improved over f/8.
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