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Simple rules for getting great results from old lenses:
>technique trumps technology - using trash well will always yield a better result than sloppy handling of fancy shit
>all real macro lenses are very sharp
>all 50mms are sharp stopped down
>only slow wide-angles every get really sharp, and only stopped down
>almost all vintage teles are awful when shot against the light, and only get "digital-sharp" from f/5.6, and even then will have ca's
>famous exotic ones are the exception, but even then will still be obviously flawed when shot wide open or against the light, and will only really impress you closed down a stop
>seriously, non-normal lenses only got good from the late 80's; modernish kit zooms will absolutely yeet old primes at wide and tele focal lengths