sharpest lens ever

[Mark Kononczuk]

what is the sharpest 4x5 lense ever? or one that produces the best quality colour images in terms of saturation, tonal value etc? I'm asking in terms of personal subjective experience.

[Lachlan 717]

Strange topic; however, I'll bite:

Schneider 110mm SSXL.

[Leigh]

Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S 150/5.6

- Leigh

[Dan Fromm]

what is the sharpest 4x5 lense ever? or one that produces the best quality colour images in terms of saturation, tonal value etc? I'm asking in terms of personal subjective experience.

Eh? Wot?

What does color rendition have to do with resolution?

And what does "personal subjective experience" have to do with anything that can be measured objectively? What do hallucinations have to do with reality?

[EOTS]

What Lachlan and Leigh said, plus: Fuji 240A

Best,

[genotypewriter]

what is the sharpest 4x5 lense ever? or one that produces the best quality colour images in terms of saturation, tonal value etc? I'm asking in terms of personal subjective experience.

One of the sharpest lenses I have is the 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar... it's extremely sharp in the center at f/2.8 as demonstrated below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genotypewriter/6806479707/

I also have some 150mm f/2.8 aerial lenses that are consistently sharp across the frame but not as sharp as the Xenotar in the absolute sense.

Eh? Wot?

What does color rendition have to do with resolution?

And what does "personal subjective experience" have to do with anything that can be measured objectively? What do hallucinations have to do with reality?

The guy wants to know about optically good lenses. I'm failing to see the crime he committed here.

[E. von Hoegh]

what is the sharpest 4x5 lense ever? or one that produces the best quality colour images in terms of saturation, tonal value etc? I'm asking in terms of personal subjective experience.

Oh sweet Jesus. One of these questions.

8 1/4" late Red Dot Apo-Artar. Diffraction limited. It didn't make my pictures one teensy bit better.

[E. von Hoegh]

What do hallucinations have to do with reality?

They're sometimes a lot more fun.

[BrianShaw]

They're sometimes a lot more fun.

But let's not fantasize...

Back to reality...

At some point both physics (physical measurement) and psychophysics are important. I know Dan hates the "airy-fairy" stuff, but not all that can be measured matters in terms of human perception.

Unfortunately the question is imperfectly formed and could be intended to address one, either, or both aspects of "sharpness".

[E. von Hoegh]

But let's not fantasize...

Back to reality...

At some point both physics (physical measurement) and psychophysics are important. I know Dan hates the "airy-fairy" stuff, but not all that can be measured matters in terms of human perception.

Yes.