Hi,
I'm new to photozone and would like to know if there is a simple way to list all the "best of" lenses, sorted by manufacturer? Currently, it looks to me as if one has to navigate into each review to the last page to get the rating (price, build etc.).
BR
05-25-2011, 07:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2011, 07:57 PM by Rainer.)
Obviously, and somehow intrinsic to the term "best lens of XXXX" there is
the hidden question "best ... in which way ... and for what purpose?".
If I told you, the the EF 50/1.8 is the best Canon lens ... this would be entirely
the truth, at least from the viewpoint of optical quality per money spend. You
really cant beat the ratio produced by this lens. On the other side, this information
is completely irrelevant to you, if you need an ultrawide lens (or a tele lens).
You can eventually reduce the question to something like: For a given need (like portrait,
wide-anlge/landscape ... wildelife ... etc) what is "the best" (regardless of cost)....
and what is "the reasonable" (in terms of good quality but still affordable to mortals).
In the end, you get a list that tells you what you should buy, and what you would
buy (if you could) if (and only if) your interest is in one of the purposes named.
But reduced to what you asked ... "what is the best" ... you cannot really expect
a good answer.
just my 2cts ... Rainer
PS: welcome aboard.
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Hi,
I'm new to photozone and would like to know if there is a simple way to list all the "best of" lenses, sorted by manufacturer? Currently, it looks to me as if one has to navigate into each review to the last page to get the rating (price, build etc.).
BR
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I had the same feeling when i first come to photozone.de
I do agree with rainer that there are just too many aspects to judge a lens.
But I also believe it'll be great to have a chart showing all the aspects, in a format like this:
(names hyperlink to review page)
name mftr optic.quality build quality price/performance suitable for
Xmm F2.8 canon **** *** **** macro
xmm F1.4 nikon **** **** *** portrait
or list out the price/mfd/filter size/weight/year of introduction/AF drive/etc.
or even break down the optic quality into: overall resolution/full open resolution/vignet./CA/bokeh/
Then new zoners can selectively navigate through these tremendously large and very valuable reviews.
And old zoners will have better management of the data as well.
james
[quote name='james' timestamp='1306435489' post='8836']
I had the same feeling when i first come to photozone.de
I do agree with rainer that there are just too many aspects to judge a lens.
But I also believe it'll be great to have a chart showing all the aspects, in a format like this:
(names hyperlink to review page)
name mftr optic.quality build quality price/performance suitable for
Xmm F2.8 canon **** *** **** macro
xmm F1.4 nikon **** **** *** portrait
or list out the price/mfd/filter size/weight/year of introduction/AF drive/etc.
or even break down the optic quality into: overall resolution/full open resolution/vignet./CA/bokeh/
Then new zoners can selectively navigate through these tremendously large and very valuable reviews.
And old zoners will have better management of the data as well.
james
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In the pipeline, apparently...
Maybe check this thread out: http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/996-top-10-nikon-lenses/page__pid__8817#entry8817
Have a look at screenshot I've posted (#3) and Klaus's response (#4)
Ian
