Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, I am not looking to pick a fight over this; in fact, I never look to pick a fight with anyone here. In my earlier days I used to do all kinds of testing. Tripod, an unmovable object like a statue, careful recording of exposure data etc. But nowadays I subscribe more to the Ted Grant mode of operation: just take some pictures. I do not need to do any testing to know that my Leica lens gives superior results on my Canon DSLR. I can see it on the screen and on the prints. The same was true when I used this lens with Kodachrome--it gave me better results than my other lenses (Leica as well). The 100mm Apo Macro is in my view the best lens in the entire Leica system, M or R, and is certainly the best lens I have ever owned. Nathan Frank Filippone wrote: > Nathan... it is not that I disbelieve what you say based upon your > experiences, but on a LCD or CRT with a resolution of 75 pixels per linear > inch, there is no way you can tell the subtle difference between 2 good > lenses, unless one of them is a dud. It just does not make sense. > > OK.. let's ask a more detailed question... this should pinpoint the > issues..... > > Take 4 exposures. Two on film, two on digital. Each time take the picture > with a Canon ( or whatever stokes your boat) and with a Leica lens. Use a > tripod, get the mirror up if possible. basically do whatever you need to do > to get the best from both sets of exposures. The scene is really not too > important, it might be easy to shoot the side of a brick building with some > color in the scene, and again a portrait would be interesting. Pretty > diverse requirements. Make prints STRAIGHT and PS from the digital > capture, make prints at a pro lab for the film. Let's make this pretty > easy. 11x14 prints. > > Remember, same scene, same everything but lens and capture mode. Pick a > good transparency film or a good color negative film or a good B+W film. > Something with low ASA, and good saturation. You can pick whatever you > want > for he digital capture "film". > > Compare the results. What do you see in the prints? > > And yes, you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. You just need the > right software and expertise. ( and what PT Bailey would call the right > audience.) > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography available at: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman