At 12:38 AM 8/30/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Le 29.8.2002 23:32, « kostas papakotas » <kostaspapakotas@hotmail.com> a >écrit : > >> >> i wonder if anyone has ever designed a patern of stripes, colored squares >> and other shapes, that can be printed in a big piece of paper (couple of m2 >> large), or painted on a wall, to be used as a standard reference to be >> photographed, and comparisons of lenses or films be made >> >> would be great to use one, kostas > >Hi Kostas, > >I've sometimes got that kind of panels from the photo amateur magazines. >Chasseur d'images a French revue has a shop selling little photo materials >and they have that kind of target : > >http://www.photim.com/Cmd4/Article.asp?R=5MIR > >If the link doesn't bring you directly to the target, look for the category >named "Tests d'objectifs" and on the left column choose "Lot de 5 mires >tests" (you need four : one in the middle and one in each corner. > > Kostas, The old stand-by is to use the classified ads from the newspaper. In the US there is a lens resolution chart sold by Edmunds Scientific http://www.edmonscientific.com AZ AZ Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera. http://www.panoramacamera.us or keyword.com lookaround