NorBro
Major Contributor
After learning a little bit about the lens sharpness from a recent discussion here, I went out and tested my Rokinon 1.4 35mm lens.
In general, 1-3 stops down from wide open is the sweetest, right?
In my particular case, I want sharp footage, but do not want to sacrifice DOF. (Disregard any adding sharpness in post...I want to produce the best results inside the camera before any of that).
Used:
1.4
2
half between 2 and 2.8
2.8
half between 2.8 and 4
4
I studied the images very closely and I truthfully could not tell you which ones were sharper. I would call my eye untrained in this particular observation. But in general, do you think you're able to tell the difference in the sharpness a few stops close to each other in most cases or does it depend on the lens or is it that you just can't tell most of the time because the footage looks the same?
I don't have samples yet.
Just wondering...
In general, 1-3 stops down from wide open is the sweetest, right?
In my particular case, I want sharp footage, but do not want to sacrifice DOF. (Disregard any adding sharpness in post...I want to produce the best results inside the camera before any of that).
Used:
1.4
2
half between 2 and 2.8
2.8
half between 2.8 and 4
4
I studied the images very closely and I truthfully could not tell you which ones were sharper. I would call my eye untrained in this particular observation. But in general, do you think you're able to tell the difference in the sharpness a few stops close to each other in most cases or does it depend on the lens or is it that you just can't tell most of the time because the footage looks the same?
I don't have samples yet.
Just wondering...
