Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin, I was not able to access your www site. There is something wrong with it. I would be very interested in what you have to say about the DR Summicron. Thank you, Chris At 07:22 PM 7/28/96 +0200, you wrote: >>The 50/2 Summicron had the highest resolution figures of ANY lens ever >>tested by Modern Photography, so said an old "TOO HOT TO HANDLE" >>column. >> >>Today it is not as popular amongst collectors because it is not as >>aesthetically pleasing as the standard rigid version of the same lens. >>Yet it very very useful. >> >>Stephen Gandy > >Hello Stephen, >Resolution is not all there is in lens performance. Contrast and especially >micro contrast (or in MTF terms: high contrast at high frequency numbers) >are the decisive edge. The newer Summicron has this property in abundance, >where the old one is weak. >Performance of the original one is disappointing (at f/2,0 and f/2,8) >compared with the new ones. So it is not aesthetics that dictate the >popularity. See my leica M lens comparison in www.imx.nl/photosite >Erwin Puts > > > >