Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/05

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Subject: [Leica] f 8 and be equal
From: "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@marinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:35:33 -0700
References: <200007051553.IAA19158@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
 
The June issue of the UK's "Practical Photography" magazine features a
> "shootout" among the M6, the Konica Hexar RF and the Voigtlander Bessa-R.
> The Leica body was superior, of course, but...according to the
> reviewer...the lenses were amazingly similar.
>
> Craig
> Boston


Craig, they tested all the lenses at f 8! Of course they were all good. I
really can't have much faith in a magazine that compares all lenses at f 8.
What if an auto magazine tested all cars at 55 mph? They would be "amazingly
similar". Some "shootout"..

Bill Lawlor