What was your sharpest lens, regardless of manufacturer or focal length?

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p.6 #1 · What was your sharpest lens, regardless of manufacturer or focal length?

EB-1 wrote:
The 500/4 IS II is still excellent on 45MP R5 II as it was on 50MP 5DsR in 2015. It holds up relly well to the 1.4x III, but the 2x III is not so great. I'm sure they could make a better, lighter 500/4, but nobody seems to like that FL.

EBH

I love that lens, small, sharp and easy to carry for 3-4 hours a day. Never did understand why the 500mm FL is not popular. But, it is a killer lens on the R5..

Oct 04, 2026 at 01:47 AM

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p.6 #2 · What was your sharpest lens, regardless of manufacturer or focal length?

More or less all of the Fuji GF primes.

Oct 04, 2026 at 03:34 AM

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p.6 #3 · What was your sharpest lens, regardless of manufacturer or focal length?

Al Trujillo wrote:
Voigtlander 65mm APO-Lanthar...likely the best I've ever owned.

yep. sharp corner-to-corner and almost imperceptible LoCA at f2 at all distances including 1:2 macro (thanks to its FLE design)

Oct 04, 2026 at 04:44 PM

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