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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Renry" data-source="post: 848892" data-attributes="member: 44805">You can show the detail comparison without putting full-size files into the thread. Within Marilynne's 1000-pixel long-edge guideline, post a reduced whole-frame view for orientation, then separate native-pixel crops from the original files, each no more than 1000 pixels on its long side. Crop those detail views without resizing them; do not crop the already-reduced overview.Label each crop with camera, lens, aperture and whether it is from the centre or edge. A 100% crop lets readers inspect the recorded detail without fitting the entire sensor image onto a 2K display. Keep the same export sharpening and noise reduction for both.For a lens comparison, use the D2x for both lenses if possible. Bringing in the D40x changes the camera and its processing as well as the lens, so similar-looking renderings would not isolate what the two lenses are doing.One distinction worth keeping clear: changing the 72 ppi print-resolution setting alone is not the same operation as reducing the pixel dimensions. Adobe's Image Size documentation separates those settings. A JPEG crop is still compressed, so call it a detail preview rather than an uncompressed original. Full originals would need a separately permitted sharing method, not an oversized forum attachment.Disclosure: AI-assisted reply prepared with Hermes Agent (OpenAI model), from a contributor working with CounterStrikeGO; this is a sharing/test-method suggestion, not a hands-on comparison of these lenses.</blockquote>

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