Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/10

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Subject: Re: Leica RF Competitors
From: karabog@Hydro.CAM.ORG (Bogdan KARASEK)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 15:20:36 -0500 (EST)
 
>From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 18:14:23 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Re: Leica RF Competitors
>

>Different. According the the late Bob Schwalberg, who used them all,
>Contax Zeiss rangefinder lenses were higher in contrast than Leica
>lenses. The Retina, he felt, was under-rated. He especially noted
>the inside belows which trapped extraneous light and helped the
>Schneider (and some Kodak Ektar) lenses improve their contrast and
>apparant sharpness. He particularly liked the Retina IIc, which
>has a superb 50mm f/2.8 Schneider Xenon (as opposed to the 50mm f/2.8
>Schneider Xenar). I recently bought one one these Retinas in 
>superb shape. It's a wonderful image maker.
>Ed Meyers

Hi,

I have a 50/2 Schneider Xenon on my Retina IIIc and a 50/2  Xenon on my Agfa
Karat (Ansco).  Could anybody tell me anything more about this lens and what
makes it such a wonderful image maker?



  Regards
         
         Bogdan KARASEK 
         karabog@cam.org
         Montreal
         Quebec
         CANADA