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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Lens

Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Lens Test

The following images were taken at different aperture values.
They were f/1.4, f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4.0, f/5.6, f/8.0, f/11 and f/16.

Testing condition:
Film was RDPIII.
Auto-focus with same object distance.
Tripod with self-timer on. Mirror lock-up.
Hook was attached.

4000dpi with 14 bit and 16x scanning. ICE OFF.
JPEG converted from TIFF with 12 compression ratio.

Comparison is made by 100% crop of the scanned images.

Which aperture performs the best?

Welcome all comments.
f/1.4
f/1.4		 f/2.0
f/2.0		 f/2.8
f/2.8
f/4.0
f/4.0		 f/5.6
f/5.6		 f/8.0
f/8.0
f/11
f/11		 f/16
f/16		 crop area
crop area
crop1
crop1		 crop2
crop2		 crop3
crop3
crop4
crop4		 crop5
crop5		 crop6
crop6
crop7
crop7

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Guest 15-Jun-2008 04:54
Hello Jacky, I see F 4.0 as the sharpest, very interesting test, I am surprised the sharpness drops off after 5.6. Regards Carl
Phillip Normanton02-Mar-2008 18:48
Strange that f/1.4 seems sharper than f/2.0 and even f/2.8 sometimes. Mine is quite soft until I get to f/2.0.
Great series, makes you think... :)
Jacky Lee24-Mar-2007 08:46
Hi Claude, sorry for my late reply. The lens cost about HKD$2800 and I bought it in Hong Kong.
Axel 19-Jan-2007 18:30
Wow, that is an interesting series. It seems that this lens has its optimum somewhere between 4.0 and 5.6. The drop in quality towards large apertures (i.e. small openings) is amazing.
Claude Littleton 19-Jan-2007 18:30
Perhaps the only improvement would be the 85/1.2L USM for this shot. Reallly a great shoot and one of the best I've seen. How much and where did you get the lens?
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