Comparison of 50mm lenses

Part 2 - Daylight results

The rest of the comparison focuses on three lenses:

The downsized version of the shot shows the crop areas, marked with blue rectangles.

Crops/PICT5734-Test2-Tamron-8-overview.JPG


Center crop:

Aperture value
Tamron 17-50/2.8
Minolta 50/1.7
Minolta 50/1.7 (RS)
1.7
-
Crops/PICT5742-Test2-Old50mm-1.7_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5736-Test2-New50mm-1.7_cr.jpg

2.8

Crops/PICT5731-Test2-Tamron-2.8_cr.jpg Crops/PICT5743-Test2-Old50mm-2.8_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5737-Test2-New50mm-2.8_cr.jpg

4.0
Crops/PICT5732-Test2-Tamron-4_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5744-Test2-Old50mm-4_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5738-Test2-New50mm-4_cr.jpg

8.0

Crops/PICT5734-Test2-Tamron-8_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5746-Test2-Old50mm-8_cr.jpg
Crops/PICT5740-Test2-New50mm-8_cr.jpg

   

Corner crop:


Aperture value Tamron 17-50/2.8
Minolta 50/1.7 Minolta 50/1.7 (RS)
1.7
-
Crops/PICT5742-Test2-Old50mm-1.7_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5736-Test2-New50mm-1.7_cr_corner.jpg

2.8

Crops/PICT5731-Test2-Tamron-2.8_cr_corner.jpg Crops/PICT5743-Test2-Old50mm-2.8_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5737-Test2-New50mm-2.8_cr_corner.jpg

4.0
Crops/PICT5732-Test2-Tamron-4_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5744-Test2-Old50mm-4_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5738-Test2-New50mm-4_cr_corner.jpg

8.0

Crops/PICT5734-Test2-Tamron-8_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5746-Test2-Old50mm-8_cr_corner.jpg
Crops/PICT5740-Test2-New50mm-8_cr_corner.jpg


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