Greetings,
Second post on this forum so I am a newbie. My first post led me to write this question.
I have been going back and forth between several Nikon lenses. I also have Cannon gear which perhaps I shouldn't mention on this forum, but with the Cannon glass I have relied to a degree on Dxomark and find that helpful.
With cropped sensor lens Dxomarks doesn't do a great job of keeping up to date. I just got a Nikon D5600 strictly because of the low weight and size and want to use it for travel. I also bought a 18-400 Tamron because I tried it out in a camera store along with an 16-80 and found the Tamron to be sharper to my eyes. Nothing scientific mind you. I was and am thinking of sending back the 18-400 Tamron because I would prefer something that is a more moderate zoom even though it is quite sharp in many respects.
My question is, is there a method of testing a lens that is more DIY. Some of the lens charts are quite expensive. Someone told me to use a newspaper but that didn't work out too well.
Any thoughts on how to make up something to take photos of for comparison purposes? A DIY chart of scene that doesn't change so the results don't have that variable?
Hope this isn't a silly question. Thank you.
SM
Second post on this forum so I am a newbie. My first post led me to write this question.
I have been going back and forth between several Nikon lenses. I also have Cannon gear which perhaps I shouldn't mention on this forum, but with the Cannon glass I have relied to a degree on Dxomark and find that helpful.
With cropped sensor lens Dxomarks doesn't do a great job of keeping up to date. I just got a Nikon D5600 strictly because of the low weight and size and want to use it for travel. I also bought a 18-400 Tamron because I tried it out in a camera store along with an 16-80 and found the Tamron to be sharper to my eyes. Nothing scientific mind you. I was and am thinking of sending back the 18-400 Tamron because I would prefer something that is a more moderate zoom even though it is quite sharp in many respects.
My question is, is there a method of testing a lens that is more DIY. Some of the lens charts are quite expensive. Someone told me to use a newspaper but that didn't work out too well.
Any thoughts on how to make up something to take photos of for comparison purposes? A DIY chart of scene that doesn't change so the results don't have that variable?
Hope this isn't a silly question. Thank you.
SM