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A better test would be to shoot these outdoors at a subject with interwoven leaves in the background. Pronounced light circles using a shallow focus is one of the reasons I bought into 8x10.
 

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you've got bottles at different distances, which is helpful as things look different as they fade further out of focus. The tessar looks great in terms of how text on bottles smoothly blurred! Shows the need to experiment with your lenses to get the looks you want.

That's a great test for your environment, but other people will need to test for themselves their own lighting and backgrounds. EASmithV mentioned leaves. If someone does a lot of nature photos, leaves (AND BARE BRANCHES) at different distances would be important. Lighting also make a big difference. Sunny weather will produce bokeh shapes from specular highlights. Backlit leaves will be different than side/diffuse lit leaves. Your tests show perhaps 3 light sources fairly evenly lighting things, one more diffuse than the other two. A good test for product shots or diffuse outdoor light, but something people will need to test for themselves outdoor in bright sun. Indoor environmental backgrounds will respond different than the studio background too, mostly from different brightnesses of objects. People shooting close portraits will need to test how bright jewelry and hair diffuse.
 
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Hi I know its just a little part of the game, but I learned quit a bit about my lenses and this counts for me!
 

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Anytime I can actually see the way different lenses render images it's useful, at least as useful as the charts and more useful than descriptive adjectives.

Thanks for posting them.
 

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Good morning;

Thanks, guys, for all of the information on things to look for when evaluating this particular characteristic of a lens.

Gee, and all this time, I thought that they were just supposed to smell nice.
 

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In Picasweb, is there a way for the viewer to arrange the photos by f/stop so that (s)he can view a slide show of all the f/22's, then all of the f/8's, then all of the f/max?

Thanks for the effort to post this - really excellent!

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Yes, Thank You. Really interesting. You can read all of the charts on the planet, but seeing the results is .... well .... "worth a thousand words". AND now I really want a Tessar.
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I was impressed by both the Wollensak Velostigmat and the rapid rectilinear by Ross--oh and the Tessar as well.:whistling:
Yes, Thank You. Really interesting. You can read all of the charts on the planet, but seeing the results is .... well .... "worth a thousand words". AND now I really want a Tessar.
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