Please give your opinion on the 4 photo's

[Just call me Al]

Which picture looks sharpest. Left to right 1.2.3.4.

Thanks for your help.

 

[The Gooner]

No 1 for me

 

[konastab01]

3 for me.

 

[l-rs]

No 1 is the sharpest, but artificially so. The 4th is less sharp but to me sharper than 2 and 3 and more natural.

 

[chaz 2112]

1 For me too.

 

[dmx005]

No 1 is the sharpest, but artificially so. The 4th is less sharp but to me sharper than 2 and 3 and more natural.

wot he said..

 

[allymac123]

I'm obviously a weirdo cos I think 4 is the sharpest!!

At least if your trying to convince yourself to buy an expensive lens it looks like you don't need it!

 

[Just call me Al]

All are straight out of SLR cameras. No processing at all.

 

[virtual_boy]

Number 2

 

[FrankfurtDave]

Very odd the differences in opinion as I would have said no.3

 

[Bob]

No. 1 on my monitor

 

[scotty94]

NUmber one although you can spot som pixelation on the lower bricks quite easily, therefore number three for me

 

[johnaalex]

Number 2 for me.

 

[_Dragon_]

Yea one for sure.

 

[Some Bloke]

Number

Spoiler

5

 

[Just call me Al]

I think number one is sharpist. This is what we did. We used a tripod for all the photos & also timer.
Number one is a Canon EOS 400D with a Canon 70-300IS lens.
Number Two is a Nikon D200 with a New Sigma 150-500 lens.
Number Three is a Nikon D200 with a New Sigma 150-500 & 2x converter @ 100 ISO
Number Four is a Nikon D200 with a New Sigma 150-500 & 2x converter @ 200 ISO.

When cropped to the same size the Canon seems to win. Amazing. I want to buy a Sigma 150-500 lens, hence the tests, but unless anyone can come up with a reason it seems I'm wasting my time.

 

[T0MAT01]

I want to buy a Sigma 150-500 lens, hence the tests, but unless anyone can come up with a reason it seems I'm wasting my time.

Interesting results.
I like the range of the new Sigma too, but somehow all of the results I've seen seem to push me away from it.

 

[Tobers]

I'd say #4.

#1 looks too processed and jaggy like it has been oversharpened in the camera. #4 looks most natural and would take to a slight post-processing sharpening very well I think.

 

[scoobysti]

number 4 for me looks the most natural, as for sharpness.mmmmmmmmmm number 4

 

[stevegreen]

When cropped to the same size the Canon seems to win. Amazing. I want to buy a Sigma 150-500 lens, hence the tests, but unless anyone can come up with a reason it seems I'm wasting my time.

What focal length and aperture were used? I assume that this was kept consistent with all of the shots otherwise the entire test is a waste of time

Are they centre crops or corner crops, the CA looks pretty bad on #2.

 

[scottydog101]

Number one

 

[pauluk31]

1 for me!