[Leica] comparon

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

You should be able to use it as a loupe. Photographically it has no value.
While it may be free of distortion, it has an appalling sharpness fall off
toward the edges. Then there is the micro-contrast problem....
Years, and years ago, I tested several lenses, a couple being Comparons,
because I bought into the_moronic_assumption that closing a lens down makes
it as good as the _better_lenses. Of course, I'm now free of that kind of
lunacy.
S. Dimitrov
 

> From: "Ruben" <ruben@rhodos.dk>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 06:43:14 +0100
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: [Leica] comparon
> 
> I found my comparon 1:5,6 150 mm Schneider-Kreuznach series 12 557 664 lens
> with a five blades optics - it used to sit on a reprocamera used to
> reproduce line-art copyproofs and should as far as i know be rather free of
> distortion etc. Q: can I use this optics for anything else then a
> reprocamera ? - has it any value? - would anyone like to buy or trade it in
> for something - or should I just forget about it -thanks Ruben
> 
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