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Subject: Vs: [Leica] very very very sharp lens
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:10:57 +0100

Yeah - and the Tessar in Rolleiflex T models is not even the sharpest. Although many swear by the Zeiss Planar, I´d vote for the late model Schneider Xenotar.
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
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Päivä: 11. joulukuuta 2000 20:55
Aihe: [Leica] very very very sharp lens


>I know this will interest at least one person on this list.
>
>A whiles ago I bought a really beat up Rolleiflex T2 for somewhat less than
>a new M baseplate. The lens had a fair few cleaning marks and it had been
>around the world so I wasn't even sure the ground glass was still in
>alignment. Anyhow, I shot a few rolls with it but really forgot about it for
>the longest while. Anyhow, having bought an Epson 1640 flatbed which is
>actually half-decent at scanning MF, and having also bought a super-sharp
>Rodenstock 4x loupe (lovely thing!), I dug them out.
>
>Yoinks!
>
>Now I see what Mark Rabiner is going on about when he (heretically and half
>jokingly) claims his Rolleiflex is sharper than his Hassie.
>
>And I had called this camera a dog! It's now looking like an extraordinary
>bargain.
>
>Still a problem with some internal reflections which I think needs tackling
>with matte paint, but still.
>
>-- 
>John Brownlow
>
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>