Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>on 27/4/00 11:15 PM, Andre Jean Quintal at megamax@abacom.com wrote: > >> In other words: sharpness is NOT everything >> in photography. What about "residual" tonal gradation, >> shadow detail, highlights' subtlety, color accuracy when its acutance / >> edge resolution goes down somewhat at f/2.8 or f/2 ? > >Right on. When will people realise this? Most modern lenses are 'sharp' >enough. How do you define 'modern' in this context? My three M lenses are 20 years old all of them, are they modern? The occasional massive step forward in resolution (35 lux -> 35 lux >asph) excepted. The character resides in the rest of their qualities. Add >bokeh to the above list, for a start. Judging a lens by its sharpness is >like judging a car by the size of its engine. Nothing beats cubic inches. No lens is too sharp. Tripods are very sharp. - -- Christer Almqvist D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France