I did some more comparisons today. I used the canon 1DsmkIII with the leica 100mm macro and compared against the Hasselblad H2/leaf aptus 65 with the 120mm HC macro. I moved the camera to try to get the image area to be the same. The images were shot mirror lockup, with a remote shutter release, f16, iso 100. I processed both in CS3 the same way except that for sharpening I used 0.25/0.5/0.25 for the leaf files and 0.5/0.5/0.5 for the ctanon. I did a very minimal levels adjustment to both and as the very last step I did a smart sharpen of 100/0.3 to both. The area of focus is just above the center green X I placed on the rock. The apparent DOF will be a little different due to moving the camera and the image size. First, I show both fields resized.The second images are 100% crops. If you have any issues with this test please I am not easily offended.
Leaf field of view
Canon field of view
Leaf crop
Canon crop
Leaf field of view
Canon field of view
Leaf crop
Canon crop
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