Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica
From: ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben)
Date: Wed Dec 22 02:28:15 2004
References: <3459B544-53EB-11D9-8C95-0003934599E0@iprimus.com.au> <p0600107abdeef68f1fc0@gpsy.com>

What about out of focus image quality - as I dare not speak the B...(h) word 
??

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com>
To: "CVUG" <cvug@cameraquest.org>; "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Cc: <leica@freelists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica


>
> The January 2005  _Asahi Camera__ compares the new 25/28/35/50mm 
> Zeiss-Ikon lenses against their Leica equivalents (ASPH when possible). 
> In the shootout, which I was reading while browsing through a bookstore, 
> the ZI lenses come out as equivalent in flare tolerance (both the ZIs and 
> ASPHs were basically flare free); the ZIs were basically the same in 
> sharpness and color temperature; and I think the 50 Planar was just a tad 
> less contrasty which the reviewer thought gave better shadow depth.
>
> I'm in the middle of moving so I can't give a full report, maybe Roger, 
> Peter or one of the other  Japan residents can fill in the details.
>
> Karen
> -- 
> Karen Nakamura
> http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
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Replies: Reply from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica)
In reply to: Message from mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura) ([Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica)