Macro Lens Reviews/Testing
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At present, I have about 60 lenses that can be used for macro and high-magnification imaging. Over the
last couple years, I have performed a moderate amount of testing on virtually all of them. I only recently
expanded my lens testing procedures to add numerical detail about corner sharpness. I will add more lens
reviews to this list as I finish additional testing on my other lenses.
Numerical testing is performed by way of Imatest (imatest.com). Because macro lens testing is performed
at various magnifications (for me at least), and commercially available test patterns are made to work at a
single magnification, I had to develop my testing procedures to account for that limitation. The bottom line
is that I have to do a lot more work to get a similar amount of information.
I test the lenses in the macro magnification range from 1:4 to well beyond 1:1, depending upon the lens
and its usable range. Numerical testing in this magnification range is generally ignored with most lens
reviews that you find on the web.
Bellows Lenses:
Enlarging Lenses:
Microscope Objectives:
Macro Lenses:
Non-macro lenses (used for macro):
Miscellaneous lenses: