Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R vs. Contax SLR lenses
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 12:20:11 -0700

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> At 01:14 PM 9/1/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >I
> >shoot exclusively B&W and assume that B&W is a better platform to see the
> >differences on.
> 
> Not if one shoots color, which is a big part of a lens's correction.
> Sharpness can be judged very well with b&w, though it has no superiority
> for that matter over color, but color is important for those of us who
> shoot it.
> 
> Eric Welch
> St. Joseph, MO
> 
I used to get from all kinds of people that a certain older say fifties era
Leica lens would be OK for black and white but not really up to par for color. I
didn't argue too much with that but I wouldn't mind it if all my colors were
focused on the same plane anyway.
Mark Rabiner