mdude85 wrote:
Aside from testers, no one is actually shooting the same subject matter with two lenses and then comparing them side by side. It's an entirely subjective decision as to what lens you want more.
This is also a reminder that not all differences need to imply a hierarchy. It is not always that case that when two things are different that one is objectively better than the other. Sometimes they are simply… different.
And when seeing a difference requires one to (say with lenses) put two 200% magnification images side by side on the screen and very carefully and laboriously scan back and forth between them trying to find the smallest perceptible difference…
… perhaps the resulting difference is nothing more than a minor and perhaps imperceptible difference… rather than a “this is better than that” outcome.
Dec 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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