Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:37 PM 09-03-98 EST, you wrote: ><< (I think the so-called "difference" is sometimes more in > people's minds than elsewhere; it is rather a question of personal > likening or dislikening the overall footprint of Leica or someone's elses > top lenses) >> > >I think you are correct. It would be interesting if a well designed test >would be performed by someone like a respected university professor to >determine if anyone could actually distinguish among photos made by one >various top quality lenses. > >There are audiophiles who swear that they can hear the difference between >speaker wire > >Tom Shea I have tried to do just such a test, but found it more difficult to actually carry out. My first attempt at comparing 4 different 50mm lenses was very inconclusive. In the Spring I will try the test again. I suspect it may be just as inconclusive as my first, which may actually be an interesting result in itself. Dan C.