Another test -- getting to the bottom of resolved detail

[Barry_Green]

Okay, so ... here's six shots, featuring two example lines of some random text. Pretend you're at the eye doctor; tell me which one (1 thru 6) looks best and you can read the smallest type most clearly.

 

[Ian-T]

I actually see 4,5 and 6 more clearly than I do the first two with #5 being the best. The first looks like too much edge sharpness (IMO).

 

[Isaac_Brody]

5.

 

[Dan_Kanes]

The biggest difference between these images to MY eyes would appear to be Contrast and Chromatic Aberration.

3 and 6 appear to have the most CA on my macbook pro.

1 and 5 are the most "readable" but 1 has more contrast as well as more CA.

 

[Kellar42]

1 and 5. 1 seems slightly easier because it's darker, but 5 seems a hair clearer.

 

[Jester2138]

Four or five I think.

 

[seven.b]

5

 

[Cranky]

These all suck, but #5 seems to be the least worst.

 

[Gladiator]

3 and 5 are the best. The contrast is awful though. If they had the contrast of #1 they would be much better.

 

[PaPa]

5 looks good to me, softer, but less jaggy.

 

[thekeygun]

5

 

[J.R. Hudson]

They all look like crap ?

 

[Isaac_Brody]

They all look like crap ?

:evil:

 

[Barry_Green]

They all look like crap ?

Yes, they do -- but considering this is 4-point type framed for a full page, I'm pretty impressed that they're readable at all.

 

[Barry_Green]

Interesting responses so far.

So the big question is: does anyone think that they'd be able to make out what the 4-point line says, on any of them? If so, please submit your guess of what the "words" are in the 4-point line, and which of the six examples you used.

 

[seven.b]

okay barry, give it up, which one is the T2i?

 

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

Used 4 and 5 to conclude: "Pobelciums amcypotl a fdporufyutosurc qweytewthewyRUGFDAE eqr anbevzx A mv n bvnm / jlu poiunltu u m eoonkymyd en zNNHgk jx gk"

 

[Kevin Dorsey]

"Pobelciums amcypotl a fdporufyutosurc qweytewthewyRUGFDAE eqr anbevzx A mv n bvnm / jlu poiunltu u m eoonkymyd en zNNHgk jx gk"

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that...

 

[Tim Joy]

It says, "Poefhskef Barrylikestopointouttheflawsinmyawesomecamera,butwhileithurtsmycamerasfeelingsnow it helpsmesleepknowingIdon'tneedexpensive-lenses"rogar-Dolar(DBG):

 

[Vince K]

it says, "poefhskef barrylikestopointouttheflawsinmyawesomecamera,butwhileithurtsmycamerasfeelingsnow it helpsmesleepknowingidon'tneedexpensive-lenses":drogar-dolar(dbg):

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