Re: Am I not worthy - I am not worthy...of stellar lenses
All in the eye of the beholder so to speak - I remember times when I adapted M lenses to my Sony E-mount camera. While some complained about corner sharpness performance of wider M lenses on this FF sensor, I was fine with it after removing in PP some slight purple corner fringing. I had larger prints of these photos in exhibits next to other ones taken with Canon EF lenses and mounted in the same lens environment on my Canon EF camera. Never anyone complained about difference in sharpness nor difference in bokeh etc. My opinion: it does not matter how good (or less good) a lens is for the image look at all. It is all in the head through often indoctrinated YouTube/reviewer's opinion to think this lens is superior and delivers better. It does but maybe only in less than 5% these days which is not visible in the large majority of instances. It is much harder to actually get a great composition which makes the photo stand out. No matter which kind of lens or camera gear is used.
Or maybe in other words, lenses have become like wine - the price of a wine bottle does not reflect always the quality or a "better" taste in the end. Most people are not able to distinguish the very slight nuances between good and excellent wines. But many thing that the much more expensive wine delivers better. Instead what I found is that sometimes mid-range priced wines can be an excellent value and how I like them to taste. I think lenses nowadays go into a similar direction where mid-range priced lenses might be simply the best price/cost ratio and deliver nearly the same what a 3x as expensive lens provides.
Re: Am I not worthy - I am not worthy...of stellar lenses
All in the eye of the beholder so to speak - I remember times when I adapted M lenses to my Sony E-mount camera. While some complained about corner sharpness performance of wider M lenses on this FF sensor, I was fine with it after removing in PP some slight purple corner fringing. I had larger prints of these photos in exhibits next to other ones taken with Canon EF lenses and mounted in the same lens environment on my Canon EF camera. Never anyone complained about difference in sharpness nor difference in bokeh etc. My opinion: it does not matter how good (or less good) a lens is for the image look at all. It is all in the head through often indoctrinated YouTube/reviewer's opinion to think this lens is superior and delivers better. It does but maybe only in less than 5% these days which is not visible in the large majority of instances. It is much harder to actually get a great composition which makes the photo stand out. No matter which kind of lens or camera gear is used.
Jun 01, 2026 at 02:23 PM
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