Here’s quite an interesting article spotted at DPReview.com. Of immediate interest to photographers, but it’s lesson probably has more general applicability.
The article reports the results of a direct comparison between a $430 Artisan bargain-brand lens and a $6,000 Leica Summilux-M lens, both 35mm lenses.
Comparison photos were taken using the same camera, same location, same settings.
Four sample photos are displayed.
Since Leica lenses are top of the line, expensive, and highly sought after, I expected to be able to spot the difference.
But it turns out it wasn’t visible to my eyes. Perhaps at large sizes the differences might be more apparent. Or, perhaps not.
I doubt any Leica owners are going to dump their camera kits and return to the world of bargain equipment.
But if you think that you need to spend more to get better photos, this might give you pause.
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I think my smart phone takes better photos than the fancy SLR camera I previously used.
The real differences between lenses are only spotted readily in low or poor lighting conditions. Notice all the shots in the test were in lots of available lighting.