I agree in many ways with Riccardo. I've been at this for a long time and am weary of people who ask questions on websites because they are unwilling to do their own tests. One reason there is so much disagreement about lenses is that it is really hard to do proper lens testing, with a single lens, to say nothing of attempting to compare two or more. Instead folks perpetuate the impressions of others, usually the loudest voice or some well known reviewer who may or may not done have any real testing. I have never seen any documentation of "Zeiss colors." No one except pixel peepers cares about "bokeh."
People who publish images, such as our fearless leader Fred, do the best non-instrumented tests I've seen. Roger Cicala at Lens Rentals measures TEN samples before being willing to publish his excellent tests though even his have limitations, being done only at full aperture.
Everyone should have the gear they'd like within the limits of their own affordability. It's just frustrating when inaccurate and misleading information is passed around without any real basis in data. It makes it even harder to make expensive decisions.
Jun 16, 2022 at 08:14 PM
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