Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 554843" data-attributes="member: 24285">Simple answer to your question &quot;Do better lenses give better pictures?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; No - not in and of themselves. The lens is only part of the equation.&nbsp; Part of the triangle of quality is the camera itself.&nbsp;&nbsp; As has been pointed out the 3300 does not allow for tuning lenses.&nbsp; Not all lenses need tuning - most work well out of the box, but if it needs tuning - it needs tuning.&nbsp; An out of tune piano just doesn't sound right.&nbsp;&nbsp; With each (expensive) step up the camera ladder you buy more features that are designed to give you more tools to make better pictures.&nbsp; Cameras don't take great pictures - they give you tools to do that. And as you are finding out lenses themselves vary - considerably, between models and between individual lenses.&nbsp; There are websites devoted to testing lenses and their 'sharpness' is one of the key measures. <a href="http://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Camera-Lens-Database" target="_blank">Specs for tested and previewed DxOMark lenses database - DxOMark</a> is probably the most commonly quoted.&nbsp; But lenses are reviewed by many different reviewers - and if you google up reviews of a particular lens you will quickly see they do not always agree.&nbsp;&nbsp; in general newer lenses tend to be better on newer cameras as the technology is more compatible - they talk the same language and all the features of each are available.&nbsp; But many old lenses can be tack sharp (especially the primes).&nbsp; But the third and most important part of the triangle of quality here is located several inches behind the view finder - you.&nbsp;&nbsp; And that comes with practice - believe me I'm still practicing and learning, just this year I've started using the back focus and it is making a huge difference.&nbsp; And I've taken the plunge and am shooting some in &quot;M&quot; not &quot;A&quot; but I've only been at this for a few decades,&nbsp; you may say I'm a slow learner.&nbsp;&nbsp; It takes time be patient.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 554843, member: 24285"] Simple answer to your question "Do better lenses give better pictures?" No - not in and of themselves. The lens is only part of the equation. Part of the triangle of quality is the camera itself. As has been pointed out the 3300 does not allow for tuning lenses. Not all lenses need tuning - most work well out of the box, but if it needs tuning - it needs tuning. An out of tune piano just doesn't sound right. With each (expensive) step up the camera ladder you buy more features that are designed to give you more tools to make better pictures. Cameras don't take great pictures - they give you tools to do that. And as you are finding out lenses themselves vary - considerably, between models and between individual lenses. There are websites devoted to testing lenses and their 'sharpness' is one of the key measures. [url=http://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Camera-Lens-Database]Specs for tested and previewed DxOMark lenses database - DxOMark[/url] is probably the most commonly quoted. But lenses are reviewed by many different reviewers - and if you google up reviews of a particular lens you will quickly see they do not always agree. in general newer lenses [U]tend[/U] to be better on newer cameras as the technology is more compatible - they talk the same language and all the features of each are available. But many old lenses can be tack sharp (especially the primes). But the third and most important part of the triangle of quality here is located several inches behind the view finder - you. And that comes with practice - believe me I'm still practicing and learning, just this year I've started using the back focus and it is making a huge difference. And I've taken the plunge and am shooting some in "M" not "A" but I've only been at this for a few decades, you may say I'm a slow learner. It takes time be patient. [/QUOTE]

Verification