Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison McClary wrote: > > Lucien wrote: > > > But at the same moment they published a test in which the Nikon F5 > > (and in a way the F90X) was found much faster than both the EOS1n and > > EOS3. > > And I bet that they will also find the F100 faster (and better) than > > the EOS3 in their next comparison. > > By the way I don't think they are biased in favor of Nikon either. > > My one question in all these test reports is..Don't you have to have > the new "S" lenses (or whatever they are called) to take advantage of > the speed? Not with the Nikons, but with the Canons you're right: Test CI 11/98 Car coming from the front at 100 KM/H 400 ISO Lithium batteries for all the cameras Gray weather, low contrast. With the F5 + Nikkor AF f/4 - 300 mm ED (no AFS) 13 picts = 13 sharp (last picture sharp at 6 meter) F90X + MB10 + Nikkor AF f/4 - 300 mm ED (no AFS) 7 = 7 (last picture sharp at 9 meter) Canon EOS 1N + Booster + Canon EF f/4 - 300 mm L USM 9 = 7 (last picture sharp at 20 meter) EOS 3 + Booster + Canon EF f/4 - 300 mm L USM 9 = 8 (last picture sharp at 15 meter) F5 + Nikkor AF-S f/2,8 - 300 mm ED 13 = 13 (last picture sharp at 6 meter) F90X + MB10 + Nikkor AF-S f/2,8 - 300 mm ED 7 = 7 (last picture sharp at 9 meter) EOS 1N + Booster + Canon EF f/2,8 - 300 mm L USM 10 = 8 (last picture sharp at 17 meter) EOS 3 + Booster + Canon EF f/2,8 - 300 mm L USM 11 = 10 (last picture sharp at 13 meter) CI will make the same comparison between the F100 and the EOS 3 in the future. (both production models, because in this test the EOS 3 was a pre-production model) Lucien