[Leica] Re: It's the lens, stupid.

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

As you can see, even the Leica/Minolta lenses are special. And it is
obvious that they are manufactured to Leica standards. This should give a
warm and fuzzy to all of you out there who thought that the few Minolta R
lenses (16, 24, couple of zooms, 500 mirror) are inferior. They are not.

Jim


At 01:01 PM 5/4/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> wrote:
>
>>But some people love to spin a negative impression of the 
>>R8, because they don't want people to use them, and say they like them, 
>>because somehow that must mean the complainer doesn't get it. It's the 
>>glass! (To repeat myself).
>
>Although I am one of the "R8-is-no-good" crowd, I have to
>agree with Eric here:
>
>It Is The Glass.
>
>In the area I work (Virtual Reality imaging), in the last few 
>months I have started getting email from other VRsters wondering 
>why the sun or strong light sources in my VR images don't flare 
>all over the place as they do in theirs.
>
>I tell them simply it is because I dumped my Nikon wide-angle 
>gear and started using Leica glass! (the R 16mm Fisheye Elmarit in
>particular).
>
>Hell, one VR panoramic camera manufacturer <www.panoscan.com>
>has even added support for Leica lenses because of the results
>they have seen the Leitz R 16mm can give.  (The LUG disease is
>spreading...)
>
>Regds,
>
>
>Andrew Nemeth
>
>VR MEDIA  SOUND  PHOTO  JAVA
>nemeng  Warrimoo   Australia
>www.nemeng.com
>