Post the sharpest picture that you've ever taken

gasrocks wrote in post #8905202
Tkbslc- you say there is no way to demonstrate a lens? Odd.

What I said (or meant to say) was that there is no way to demonstrate just a lens by itself. It has to be attached to a camera, right? So then there is more in the equation than just the lens. The camera sensor, in body processing, AA filter, resizing algorithm, monitor or paper quality, all come into play, wouldn't they? Or if you go analog, I guess the film grain and the developing technique woudl also have a lot to say about the sharpness.

Doesn't that make sense? I guess I am just saying I don't know how you ever make it just about the lens when we are all submitting our pictures from different computers and camera bodies which also play a part in the final image. There is no way to take the camera body out of the equation unless we all passed around the same camera body to shoot our sharpest picture with.

tkbslc wrote in post #8905254
What I said (or meant to say) was that there is no way to demonstrate just a lens by itself. It has to be attached to a camera, right? So then there is more in the equation than just the lens. The camera sensor, in body processing, AA filter, resizing algorithm, monitor or paper quality, all come into play, wouldn't they? Or if you go analog, I guess the film grain and the developing technique woudl also have a lot to say about the sharpness.

Doesn't that make sense? I guess I am just saying I don't know how you ever make it just about the lens when we are all submitting our pictures from different computers and camera bodies which also play a part in the final image. There is no way to take the camera body out of the equation unless we all passed around the same camera body to shoot our sharpest picture with.

I understand what you are saying. And I agree.

There is no absolute way of testing a lens(other then line resolution tests). There is only a relative way of testing a lens. Which means lens comparisons using a constant variable for all the factors you mentioned.

Eye self portrait, 100mm 2.8 Mcro IS on a tripod with 2 flashes, gold and white stoffen.

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40D with Sigma 100-300 f4

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1.8/50

You can see me in his eye. CSI stuff: http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=3uoM5kfZIQ0

Really inspirational pics.

Inspirational...how? Sarcasm control off or on?

Couple of hand held pics SOOC...

Psychobiker wrote in post #8906034
Inspirational...how? Sarcasm control off or on?

As in awesome pictures.
Thanks to all the people so far who responded to my thread and posted your sharpest pics.

Wars have been started over less - really goes to show how when written, things can be taken up many different ways!

phreeky wrote in post #8902457
Awaiting pics of Canon boxes taken with lenses at optimal settings on a tripod.

Sorry, but this is one of the most useless threads I've seen recently.

+1 to tht. no kidding.

DaveSt wrote in post #8905184
After seeing Tony's eye shot I have nothing to bring to the table!

Anything from your 60/2.8 should do just fine. That is pretty sharp lens.

The pic of the railway tracks is very very nice.