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Old 09-28-2005   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: The sharpest lens I ever used - barring none

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Originally Posted by rpcrowe
It is unbelieveable but, my sharpest lens (I have used all sorts of Canon, Nikon, Schneider and other lenses) was a 90mm f/2.5 Series One Vivitar Macro.
It's not unbelieveable at all, This Vivitar Macro is rather legendary, and in fact, it was the sharpest lens EVER tested by the magazine Modern Photography. I used to own it, but I sold it in favor of the Tamron 90mm f2.5 SP, which is actually an optical copy of that Vivitar - and equally superb. The Tamron was better for me because it was useable on any manual focus camera with an adapter, and I own several different brands of classic older Manual focus cameras. You could actually get a Tamron Adaptall mount to use that lens with the Canon EOS, although I'm not sure how much of the automatic meter coupling is preserved - and obviously, focusing would have to be done manually.
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