Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT MF RF-110mm f2.0
From: Rob McElroy <idag@pce.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:32:41 -0500
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJKEBPIFAA.austin@darkroom.com>

"Great" is such a subjective word.  The 110mm f2.0 Hassy lens by Zeiss is certainly a fast lens when it comes to medium format, but its performance
wide open at f2.0 is not outstanding.  The MTF curves published by Zeiss bear out the considerable fall off in performance for anything that is not
near the center of the frame.  Don't buy this lens for doing copy work, but if you want to shoot wide open and need f2.0 on medium format, there
aren't many other choices.

Regards,
Rob McElroy
Buffalo, NY

Austin Franklin wrote:

> New? The 110/2 has been around for 24 years!  Have they 're-formulated' it?
>
> It is easily one of the greatest lenses ever made, IMO.

In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> (RE: [Leica] OT MF RF)