The little "Sun"-brand 35mm-70mm lens this time. For each photo a reduced-size of the entire image is posted along with a full-resolution crop. The closeup flower, frog, lizard and arachnid photos were all taken in macro mode. The variable focal length of this lens isn't very far at its maximum. I haven't actually measured it yet, but anything more than several meters away needs infinity focus, which, taking manual focusing out of the equation, kinda makes it a point-and-click lens as far a focusing is concerned. Thus all of the landscape photos were taken at infinity focus. The infinity-focus image sharpness is obviously not as good as the in-range shots, but I guess that is to be expected. The Sun lens however is much better/sharper/clearer at infinity focus than is the 200mm Sicor that I photographed the seal with, which I guess can be expected. Comparatively, the Sicor lens is poor for landscape photography, but I couldn't have made that seal shot with the Sun lens due to its limited zoom.
So how much am I
really missing out on here in terms of resolution or "resolving capability" compared to a modern zoom lens of comparable focal-length specification? For in-focal range and macro stuff it doesn't look to me like it could be very much at all. I'd like to add a wide-angle lens to my collection for better landscape photos. The idea of hunting down some legacy manual K-mount glass for chump change rather than blowing several hundred bucks on a current wide-angle still appeals to me.
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