Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right about the text, but the only reason is that these are such HUGE enlargements. Either the lens' couldnt resolve that detail or my enlarger lens ran out of steam... My aim was to see if at incredible magnification you could see the difference in resolution. I could not. I was just like you Mark...I absolutely refused to believe a zoom could compare...my world got rocked a bit. So where does a fixed lens better the Vario F4? In speed and in distortion. As I mentioned the barrel distortion from 60-70mm makes the lens unusable for any archetechural work in that range. Happy new year Dan >From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica]See Zoom VS Summicron photos >Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:57:19 -0800 > >Dan S wrote: > ><Snip> > > I must say I am impressed with the Vario. Other than the barrel >distortion > > evident from 60-70mm, this lens performs equally with my fixed focal >Leica > > gear. It surpasses the contrast of the current 50 R! > >It's so frustrating that the text was not readable on the sheet of paper in >the window. >We would then have a real way of seeing the real difference in resolution >between these two shots! >Sorry Dan but I'm not sure what we know from seeing these two comparison >shots. >I'm not sold more on zooms then I was before. >Some great shots of yours on the site though otherwise! >Mark Rabiner ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com