Herbal Tea (TC-1 vs GR21 - Sharpness)

TC-1

This month I was not quite well. Sick for a few days. Saw a Chinese doctor. Then kept coughing sometimes. Saw the same doctor again. Now I'm nearly OK.

I prefer traditonal Chinese medicine. I find it not as aggresive as the Western one. In other words, our body won't be stressed as much. But the herbal tea is really very bitter! That's why some people don't like to see traditional Chinese doctors.

I happened to take 2 pictures of the different tea each with GR21 and TC-1. When I took them, they're not intended for comparison. I just felt like taking it. Now I'd like to put them together. They're taken on 2nd and 18th respectively. I believe the light source is the same. My focus was on the bowl of tea.

GR21 (P mode)

TC-1 (AP mode at f3.5)

The TC-1 picture is sharper than the GR21 one. I think the shooting distance in the TC-1 photo is very close to its closest limit (45cm) which is even longer than GR21 (about 30cm).

I liked the TC-1 photo better after turning both pictures to b/w. Added some film grain and enchanced it. It now looks even better to me.