No, I think charts are close to useless (I ramble at length about that in
the mythical lens checking article I haven't finished). If you want to
save film, 4 frames are sufficient for checking infinity performance: choose
a horizon line with lots of building and tree detail, shoot the horizon
corner to oposite corner one way, then the other at f1.4, repeat the second
exposure at f2.8 and f5.6. If you want to use more film, shoot the sequence
of all the apertures, then a pair at f2.8 as verticals, the first with the
wind lever at top and the horizon at the top of the frame. Repeat without
touching focus with the camera inverted (checks lens alignment, since the
detail across the frame lines should be identical in the middle of the edges,
and at reverse corners - and is easy to compare). In the first check, the
center at f5.6 can be used as a reference performance level against which the
centers at the other apertures and the edges and corners at all apertures can
be compared. Simple, huh? Now shoot the ground straight down at f2.8 and f5.6
(add f1.4, if a masochist) to complete the test for a wide-angle (add a mid
distance for longer lenses, and macro's have a different method which does
not depend on DOF. Hmmmmm, maybe this is the unfinished part of that article!