Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On 10/3/04 2:17 PM, "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> typed: > >> <snip> >> >> Q: What is the resolving power of the ZI lenses? >> A: Very high and clearly above the resolution limits set by today's >> colour >> film and/or scanning devices. >> >> <snip> >> >> In the various Leica lens reviews it is often stated that the best Leica >> lenses exceed the recording capabilities of slow film. >> This suggests to me that their lenses while very good are not as good as >> the >> best from Leicas. >> simon jessurun > > > Yes but as Erwin just said I think the gap between what the lens companies > say about their glass and how the glass objectively tests out varies. > The Zeiss (credibility) gap has always been the smallest. > Their stuff will test out even better than what they imply perhaps. > While the other companies you divide by two and round it out even lower. > > Not so now as this Zeiss 400 spec seems seems ridiculous and is not likely > to be born out. > > Will they somehow be better for digital than other glass? > > Have they been better corrected for focus shift as you stop down than > other > glass? > > Lets hope their hype department has not taken over. It was the last glass > company where this was not the case. Other than Leica I hope. > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > I interpreted Erwins words slightly different.Maybe because we are both infected with the same throat disease. I thought that he ment that the claim is ridiculous and the hype department had taken over. I thought the focus shift was only a factor with the Noctilusses in the M range. We,ll see eventually. simon jessurun amsterdam