Printing and XCD lens rendering

[SeanRL]

I'm interested to hear people's thoughts on this as I don't have access to many of the XCD lenses.

The XCD lenses have fairly subtle differences in their rendering. For example, I've read that the 20mm has a bit more 'gentle' rendering than the 30mm.

Have you noticed this coming through when you make prints? Of course, the more the images are processed the less relevant this becomes.

Sean

[JCM-Photos]

I have the XCD 21, 45, 45P, 80, 90, 135, 135x1,7 and their rendering is very very close.

I can mix big prints from all lenses without any print consistency issue.

Yes when pixel peeping the 45 is a tad less sharp, and the 80 is at a pinacle, but it's not noticeable on big prints.

My opinion is that you have not to think about optical quality when choosing a XCD lens, you have only to choose the lens that fits the best to your needs in matters of:

focal length
size and weight
AF/MF performance
shutter noise
bracketing ability

[SeanRL]

Very helpful, thanks.

How close are 45 and 45P in prints?

Sean