Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subjectively speaking, I always felt that my Zeiss 120 lenses outperformed my leica lenses. But then I always placed that perception on the sheer film volume creating that effect. S. Dimitrov On Jan 8, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Zeiss has taken the remarkable stand in stating (in Q&A fashion) that > it believes that the lenses will outperform those already on the > market (I assume that they were talking about Leica et al). That's a > pretty big statement to back up. I would imagine that it might take > more than a month of R&D to design and construct a bevy of those > lenses. > > Jeffery > > > On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 05:55:38 -0800, Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> > wrote: >> on 1/8/05 3:34 AM, Bill Marshall at billgem@hotmail.com wrote: >> >>> Zeiss did talk about focus shift in its lead up to Photokina & it >>> is again mentioned on it Zeiss Ikon website. Specifically, it says >>> that its >>> lenses are designed to "minimize focus shift." >> >> AFAIK, focus shift is caused by residual spherical aberation. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography