Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] BW developments
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:30:28 -0400
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Erwin Puts wrote:

> It is a
> part of an ongoing research project into the optimal combination of Leica
> lens quality and current BW-emulsions. It is still the case that BW is the
> best medium for Leica quality, followed by slides and at at a large distance
> colour neg film.

As defined by what?  System resolution?

> Focus was the queation if a ISO100 or slower film shows significantly more
> image quality than the higher speed fims.
> Another myth went down.

???? Doesn't sound like it from your reported results.  You write as if 100 is
still the best material.

> It is evident, that the finer points of the quality of Leica lenses are
> mostly lost when using ISO speeds at 400 and over.

What about losses at ISO 100 when people don't use glass negative carriers,
fast enough
shutter speeds, etc.?

> The potential quality of the combo Leica and 100ISO BW will indeed intrude
> into H'blad territory.

And the potential quality of Leica + 400 ISO film will intrude into Canonet
territory?!
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Dante Stella
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In reply to: Message from "Erwin Puts" <imxputs@knoware.nl> ([Leica] BW developments)