Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SHARPNESS
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:58:51 -0700
 
Eric Welch wrote:
> 

> Yes, absolutely. I do it every day at work. I use both. Some R lenses are
> as good or better than M lenses, and the other way around. It's hard to
> compare specific lenses because some are for different purposes. The 19 is
> hard to compare to the 35 Summilux ASPH. But the resulting images have a
> family resemblance. And I'm not talking sharpness.

Comparing a superwide 19 against a normal to wide 35 is an apples to
oranges proposition. More interesting might be to compare the results of
shots taken with a wide angle designed for R against the same or similar
for M. Retrofocus against...?