Here is the PART 2 of the sharpness test.
The distance of the camera and the books is about 1 meter. Focusing point was set to be at the center. All pictures were taken based on CANON 15-85mm lens' largest aperture. TOKINA 11-16mm f/2.8 was compared with CANON 15-85mm for focal length = 15mm.
I recently had the following three lenses with similar focal lengths, so I ran a simple comparison test for the sharpness among them.
最近做了以下三支鏡頭的銳利度比較,提供大家參考。
From left to Right:
CANON 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS
SIGMA 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 MACRO
TAMRON 17-50mm f/2.8
In general, Canon 15-85mm has advantage of wider range of focal length and Image Stabilizer (IS). Sigma 17-70mm has advantage of macro capability. Tamron 17-50mm has advantage of large aperture of f/2.8.
All the photos were taken with the aperture of f/8 which is usually the sharpest aperture for a lens. Other aperture setting was not tested due to time restrain. The camera used for testing is CANON T1i (500D). Focus was set on the tree at the center of frame.