Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen Thanks for sharing the news - I was happy to hear about the OOF/Bokeh - do not care much for mtf i can not see anyway but a 25 and a 50 at 1/3 of the price sounds great :-) Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica > > >>Im asking to myself what's the point to compare so close things such >>these. > > On the contrary, the ZI lenses are testing at the same level as the Leica > lenses but at one third the price. And the reviewers are using them in > conditions taht even Ted Grant would approve -- shooting from the shadow > side in heavily backlit portrait situations. They do say that even the > highest end zooms would flare out in these situations but the ZI and Leica > ASPH do wonderfully. > > They do mention bokeh and OOF (to reference another question). They say > they are roughly equivalent but the ZI is softer while the ASPH generally > are a bit harsher and thicker. > > These were all subjective tests using real photgraphs and real models, by > the way. Not MTF or lab tests. And contrary to what you say, you can tell > the difference even in a magazine reproduction. All the lenses were tested > wide open. Stopped down, the reviewers say the difference disappears. > > All in all, I'm really excited by this news. If you're not interested, > then don't buy or read! :-) > > > Karen > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information