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Testing my lenses
with the One Dollar Resolution Chart
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I cut a one dollar bill in two, taped it onto a piece of cardboard (one half around the center, the other half on the top right corner), and took lots of pictures of it, with several lenses and with several settings, with manual focusing, with a tripod, with mirror lock-up, etc.

The One Dollar Resolution Chart


Then I cropped a couple of interesting bits of those images, and pasted those 100% crops in the nice tables you can see below. These results neutralize field curvature: the result for "center" is taken from a picture in which I was focusing at the center; the result for "corner" is taken from a picture in which I was focusing at the corner.

The camera used was a Canon EOS 550D. I set the white balance the same for all shots, and set sharpness at the minimum.

The lenses I have tested are the following:

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CENTER - 100% crops
 
 
f/1.8
f/2.2
f/2.8
f/3.5
f/5.6
f/9.0
Tokina 11
-
-
Tokina 14
-
-
Tokina 16
-
-
Tamron 17
-
-
Canon 18
-
-
-
Canon 20
-
-
-
MIR-20
-
-
-
Nikkor 20
-
-
-
Canon 24z
-
-
-
Canon 24p
-
-
Tamron 24
-
-
Zeiss 25
-
-
Panasonic 20
Nikkor 28
-
-
-
Canon 35
-
-
-
Tamron 35
-
-
PC-Nikkor 35
-
-
Leitz 35
-
-
Canon 50
-
-
-
-
Tamron 50
-
-
Canon 50
CZJ 50
Rollei 50
Leitz 50n
Leitz 50x
Nikkor 55
mNikkor 55
-
-
-
Helios 58
-
Tamron 70
-
-
-
Nikkor 85
Zeiss 85
-
-
Tamron 90
-
-
-
Leitz 90
-
-
mNikkor 100
-
-
-
Tamron 135
-
-
-
Nikkor 135
-
-
-
CZJ 135
-
-
-
Leitz 135
-
-
Tamron 180
-
-
-
CZJ 180
-
-
Leitz 180
-
-
Pentacon 200
-
-
-
Tamron 300
-
-
-
-
CZJ 300
-
-
-


CORNER (focusing at center) - 100% crops
 
 
f/1.8
f/2.2
f/2.8
f/3.5
f/5.6
f/9.0
Tokina 11
-
-
Tokina 14
-
-
Tokina 16
-
-
Tamron 17
-
-
Canon 18
-
-
-
Canon 20
-
-
-
MIR-20
-
-
-
Nikkor 20
-
-
-
Canon 24z
-
-
-
Canon 24p
-
-
Tamron 24
-
-
Zeiss 25
-
-
Nikkor 28
-
-
-
Canon 35
-
-
-
Tamron 35
-
-
PC-Nikkor 35
-
-
Leitz 35
-
-
Canon 50
-
-
-
-
Tamron 50
-
-
Canon 50
CZJ 50
Rollei 50
Leitz 50n
Leitz 50x
Nikkor 55
mNikkor 55
-
-
-
Helios 58
-
Tamron 70
-
-
-
Nikkor 85
Zeiss 85
-
-
Tamron 90
-
-
-
Leitz 90
-
-
mNikkor 100
-
-
-
Tamron 135
-
-
-
Nikkor 135
-
-
-
CZJ 135
-
-
-
Leitz 135
-
-
Tamron 180
-
-
-
CZJ 180
-
-
Leitz 180
-
-
Pentacon 200
-
-
-
Tamron 300
-
-
-
-
CZJ 300
-
-
-


CORNER (focusing at corner) - 100% crops
 
 
f/1.8
f/2.2
f/2.8
f/3.5
f/5.6
f/9.0
Tokina 11
-
-
Tokina 14
-
-
Tokina 16
-
-
Tamron 17
-
-
Canon 18
-
-
-
Canon 20
-
-
-
MIR-20
-
-
-
Nikkor 20
-
-
-
Canon 24z
-
-
-
Canon 24p
-
-
Tamron 24
-
-
Zeiss 25
-
-
Panasonic 20
Nikkor 28
-
-
-
Canon 35
-
-
-
Tamron 35
-
-
PC-Nikkor 35
-
-
Leitz 35
-
-
Canon 50
-
-
-
-
Tamron 50
-
-
Canon 50
CZJ 50
Rollei 50
Leitz 50n
Leitz 50x
Nikkor 55
mNikkor 55
-
-
-
Helios 58
-
Tamron 70
-
-
-
Nikkor 85
Zeiss 85
-
-
Tamron 90
-
-
-
Leitz 90
-
-
mNikkor 100
-
-
-
Tamron 135
-
-
-
Nikkor 135
-
-
-
CZJ 135
-
-
-
Leitz 135
-
-
Tamron 180
-
-
-
CZJ 180
-
-
Leitz 180
-
-
Pentacon 200
-
-
-
Tamron 300
-
-
-
-
CZJ 300
-
-
-
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