Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------D611A8B49918D1ED32058DE5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Debbie: Have you done a side by side with it and the 90 F2 (R type). I did this yrs back with the nikon F1.8 and the Leica was soooooooooooooo much better and it is compared to just about any of the Nikon glass I'm using now. Cheers Wilber Deborah Dion wrote: > >I don't want to begin a Nikon vs Leica war, but I would be curious to > know how > >you determined that the 75 Summilux is not as sharp as the Nikon 85 > > I would think it depends on which Nikkor 85. The new 1.4 is supposed > to be > outstanding. But I doubt it's significantly sharper than the Summilux. > That > lens, used properly is amazing, though sharpness isn't even it's > outstanding performance point. So I guess this topic is moot. Enjoy it > for > what it is. It's sharp enough, when used properly! > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > > Just a quick note in response to above. I finally got the new Nikkor > 85mm1.4 and it is outstanding. > Debby Dion > dkdion@home.com - --------------D611A8B49918D1ED32058DE5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Debbie: Have you done a side by side with it and the 90 F2 (R type). I did this yrs back with the nikon F1.8 and the Leica was soooooooooooooo much better and it is compared to just about any of the Nikon glass I'm using now. <br>Cheers Wilber <p>Deborah Dion wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>>I don't want to begin a Nikon vs Leica war, but I would be curious to know how</tt> <br><tt>>you determined that the 75 Summilux is not as sharp as the Nikon 85</tt> <p><tt>I would think it depends on which Nikkor 85. The new 1.4 is supposed to be</tt> <br><tt>outstanding. But I doubt it's significantly sharper than the Summilux. That</tt> <br><tt>lens, used properly is amazing, though sharpness isn't even it's</tt> <br><tt>outstanding performance point. So I guess this topic is moot. Enjoy it for</tt> <br><tt>what it is. It's sharp enough, when used properly!</tt> <p><tt>Eric Welch</tt> <br><tt>St. Joseph, MO</tt> <p><tt>Just a quick note in response to above. I finally got the new Nikkor 85mm1.4 and it is outstanding.</tt> <br><tt>Debby Dion</tt> <br><tt>dkdion@home.com</tt></blockquote> </body> </html> - --------------D611A8B49918D1ED32058DE5--