Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aren't many other choices? I don't believe there are ANY other choices. No one else makes a MF lense that IS this fast. Go look at the MTF for the Noctilux, which many here claim is clearly an outstanding lense. Out of curiosity, have you ever used one? Everyone I know who uses this lense (my self included) can do nothing but sing high praises about it. People who buy a 110/2 MF lense are not buying it to do copy work. It would make a terrible wide angle lense too ;-/ I will re-phrase my statement to "It is easily one of the BEST lenses ever made"... > "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. > > >