Roger Cicala Explains MTF Testing The Lensrentals Podcast

If you’ve read more than one or two articles on our blog you’ve likely seen images of MTF charts and heard us discuss testing lenses on the optical bench. But what on earth does that mean, and why do we do it? We’re breaking it down with the best people possible, Roger, Aaron, and our audience surrogate, Ryan.


Mentioned this episode: Imatest See the MTF bench in action! In this older article, you can see an example of a single slice of MTF, combining 4 quadrants to an average, and developing a range. General MTF training article. This scientific paper contains images of how we map out the MTF across the field of the lens.

The Lensrentals Podcast is a production of Lensrentals, founded by Roger Cicala. Our production staff includes Drew Cicala, Ryan Hill, Sarah McAlexander, SJ Smith, Julian Harper, John Tucker, and Zach Sutton. Other contributors include Roger Cicala, Joey Miller, Ally Aycock Patterson, Joshua Richardson, and Philip Robertson.

Thanks to Jacques Granger for our theme song.

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