Understanding MTF Charts

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Understanding MTF Charts

FromThe Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

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Nov 16, 2006

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MTF Charts available from some manufacturers can be very useful in evaluating a lens you are thinking of buying, but few people really know how to read them. Listen on and you too will be in the know...

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Nov 16, 2006

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The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast provides education and inspiration through a mix of art, creativity and technical topics, interviews, gear reviews and travelogue style episodes. Full archive at http://mbp.ac/blog

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