Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 18:06:34 -0500 (EST) > Hi Fellow LUGnuts, > Last Saturday, at the invitation (and expense) of Werner's Mile High Camera > in Denver, I conducted a casual test of the Contax G2 and some of its lenses > versus the Leica M6 and comparable lenses. Of course the cameras are > different in style and, probably, intended markets, but all involved were > interested in relative performance. > 1. a directly sunlit brick wall with a brass sign (for rectilinearlity, close > resolution) at f8.0 > 2. a high contrast street scene, f8.0 > 3. a cluster of bright blue and yellow flowers, sunlit, f8.0 > 4. an ornate older building at about 60 feet, f8.0 and wide open. > These are all excellent lenses. All were consistenly sharp and contrasty, > showing remarkably good performance wide open. Contrast was lower with all of > the wider lenses wide open. Will, thanks for the post! But, do you really think f8.0 is wide open? If you didn't test the lens wide open it leads to the conclusion, that the experts knew the lens before - and perhaps the test result as well. christoph