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Aperture

   The purpose of these shots is to show how resolution is affected by aperture.  All shots were on a tripod and used ISO 100 with AF set at the middle of the tree. Note how the shutter speeds exactly follow the apertures -- unlike the vignetting test.  Interesting.

   It appears as though there's little difference in sharpness from f / 2.8 to f / 11.  At f / 16 we begin to see some degradation which worsens at f / 22 and becomes horrible by f / 32.  That's pretty impressive!
f / 2.8 -- 1/1600 -- full size
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f / 4 -- 1/800 -- full size
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f / 5.6 -- 1/400 -- full size
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f / 8 -- 1/200 -- full size
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f / 11 -- 1/100 -- full size
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f / 16 -- 1/50 -- full size
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f / 22 -- 1/25 -- full size
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f / 32 -- 1/13 -- full size
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