Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: > > Leica-Users List Digest Tuesday, 21 May 1996 Volume 01 : Number 071 Achtung Leicaphiles! I just received the latest issue of Color Foto (6/96) which summarizes their lens test results from the past several years and Leica lenses are outstanding in their respective categories. The test summary lists the following categories: uberragend - the absolute best(tops) hervorragend - outstanding sehr gut - very good gut - good brfriedigend - satisfactory mangelhaft - poor other that the Canon 300mm f2.8 l USM the ONLY lenses rated uberragend were Leica lenses including: Leica APO Summicron f2.0 180mm Leica APO-Telyt-R f4.0 280mm Leica APO-Telyt-R f2.8 280mm Leica APO-Telyt-R f2.8 400mm The touted Leica Summilux-M Aspherical f1.4 35mm was rated hervorragend. Most other tested Leica lenses were in the hervorragend category with the exception of the Leica Super Elmarit-R f3.5 15mm which was rated gut (good) the equal to Nikon with other manufacturers in the satisfactory category. I hope this puts some of the latest posts regarding Leica lens testing to rest. Color Foto does extensive MTF testing at diferent aperature in addition to centering, distrotion, vignetting etc. Happy shooting. Paul T. Colluta pcollura@epix.net