Ideal Aperture to Shoot for Highest Resolution

Numbers don't lie and its what I go for in evaluating a pre-lens purchase nowadays. And with the MTF50 charts helping along, you can't go very far off the tangent. Avoid lens with ratings below 1950 for center!

Nikkor 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G VR

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 5.6 (at 24mm)

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2204 (center) / 2074.5 (border)

Notes - O yes, at 24mm, this Nikon D90 kit lens outperform even the Nikkor 18-200mm! So, don't think for a moment its a mediocre glass you've got there.

Nikkor 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G VR II

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 5.6 (at 24mm)

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2119.5 (center) / 1945.5 (border)

Notes - N/A

Nikkor 35mm F/1.8G

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 4.0

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2173 (center) /1990 (border)

Notes - N/A

Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 4.0

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2250 (center) /1852 (border)

Notes - Surprise, surprise, surprise! This little fellow claims the trophy in achieving the highest resolving power among the whole lot!

Nikkor 60mm F/2.8D Micro

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 5.6

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2157 (center) /1979 (border)

Notes - N/A

Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6G

Ideal Aperture to Shoot - 5.6 (at 70mm)

Resolution Count (at ideal aperture size) - 2123 (center) / 1886 (border)

Notes - N/A