Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IF that report is accurate, it's not good enough to use. Period. :-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ARTHURWG@aol.com Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 9:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Konica on Leica Note that David Kilpatrick, editor of Freelance Photographer, wrote that the 50mm Hexar lens "suffers from very severe curvature of field at 70cm focus," with unsharp center but sharp cornors "like the effect of a bulging slide in a projector." Further, the 50's flare problems were "quite hopeless." It not only flares but "castes a huge white veil over the entire shot even at settings like f8. At the worst this forms a central patch covering almost all the frame." I don't think this is good enough to use with Leicas. Arthur