Alexica Optics: Testing - Walk around [50.1 PMMA @ F/16 {APS-C}]

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Having seen the results from the F/16 still scene test, I decided to try my hardest to get the best out of my lens in a real world scenario. My "walk around" tests are exactly as they sound; I simply shoot what I see with the light and the equipment I have to hand. To get the best out of my lens I need to shoot at F/16 on an ASP-C crop body, so on Sunday I borrowed a Canon EOS 1100D (thanks Lloyd!!), mounted my lens and went and took some photos around Orléans. The one thing I NEED to take photos at F/16 is a lot of light!!!

Luckily for me, Sunday was very sunny so I was able to shoot at between 1/50th and 1/100th of a second at F/16 between ISO 100 and 200. Shooting at low ISO settings means I don't have to worry about noise effecting the image in any way. It was difficult to focus using my push pull focus barrel due to the slight wobble in it and the dim view finder (lenses usually only stop down for the exposure, but on my lens the stop down ring is fixed in place). Also, with no AF confirm from the body (my lens has no connection to the camera so this feature isn't available), it was tricky to get the shots right. However, after spending a few minutes getting used to it, I managed to take a good selection of photos. Below are a handful of the best results:

NOTE: As it wasn't my camera I forgot to switch it to RAW. Therefore I had JPEGs straight from the body. They were brought into Adobe Lightroom and processed as I would usually. 75% sharpenning +15 contrast +50 clarity to bring out the best of the details, nothing dramatic.