Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, You can see a few pictures taken with various macro lenses on http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00B6tQ BTW, the Telyt 4/200 is an excellent macro lens as well (on a bellows). mfg Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 23:00 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica > > Sehr interessant Peter, > I knew about the Yashica medical macro with a built-in ring flash, which > is > supposed to be quite fantastic but I'd never heard of the Kiron.Also > interesting > to hear, from quite a few people already, that the 4/100 Macro-Elmar is > not > quite one of the best Leica lenses. > It looks, so far, as if the Yashica 55mm may be quite a "Geheimtipp" in > the > field of macro. > Could you post a shot (or mail me a jpeg) of a coin, or something else > commonplace, taken close in with the 60mm Macro Elmarit on the 20D? > I'd like to know how the Yashica compares with a lens of a similar focal > length. > mfg > Douglas > > Peter Werner wrote: > > IMHO The Macro-Elmar 4/100mm is one of the poorest Leica lenses. I get > > much better results with the 2.8/60 Macro Elmarit (always on a Canon > > 20D). > > > > The best macro lens I have used is the 2.8/105 Macro Kiron. It was made > > in Nikon AI mount specially for dental macro photo and IMO beats both > > the 60mm Macro Elmarit and the 4/100 Elmar. I have never used the 100mm > > Apo Elmarit, though; it is supposed to be much better > > > > Cheers > > Peter > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: lug-bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > >>bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 19:52 > >>To: Leica Users Group > >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica > >> > >>Grüezi Didier, > >>I've already come around to thinking of testing the Elmar on a Leica > >>body with fine grain film, I still can't really believe that the > >>difference can be so great. With luck I should have some slides ready > >>sometime next week. > >>cheers > >>Douglas > >> > >>Didier Ludwig wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Douglas > >>>I think Leica glass is not always and everywhere that superior like > > > > many > > > >>>might believe, but THIS difference's definitely too big. Nothing > > > > against > > > >>>Yashica - but I tend to believe that there's something wrong with > > > > your > > > >>>Elmar - or a problem with the combination of a macro-lens and R > > > > adapter > > > >>>on a Canon mount. But I'm not experienced with all three aspects at > > > > all. > > > >>>Didier > >>> > >>> > >>>>I didn't believe it either at first - I've had so many indirect > >>>>comparisons while shooting flowers over the last few days that I > > > > can no > > > >>>>longer deny that the Yashica is better by far. I'm sure I can't > > > > have > > > >>been > >> > >>>>focussing the Leica short that often, my eyes are bad - but not > > > > that > > > >>bad. > >> > >>>>Douglas > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>There's indeed a surprising difference in favor of the Yashica. It > >>>>>looks to me like the Elmar shot is focused too short? Otherwise I > >>>>>can't imagine such a sharpness difference (I compared the little > >>>>>scratch between "S" and "2"). > >>>>>Didier > >>>>> > >>>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Leicaf8 > >>>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/CY_f8 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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