Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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