Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, given that you don't know, Tina - end of discussion. However...:-)...I'd be willing to bet that even under those conditions an M Asph lens would never produce that kind of overall veiling flare. And Doug, I am no more have an "anti-R bias" than you have a knee-jerk need to defend and praise anything having to do with the Leica R. On 11/16/06 2:21 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > At 01:19 PM 11/16/2006, you wrote: >> Yes reasonable to believe that Tina knows what she's talking about, >> but given the level of uncertainty she expressed and the lack of >> comparisons with any other lens under controlled conditions it is >> unreasonable IMHO to reach the conclusion as you did that the Leica 60 >> macro flares as much as your Olympus zoom. One reasonable conclusion I >> can >> make from your assumption and your conclusion is that your anti-R bias >> continues unabated. >> >> Doug Herr > > No, I have no idea what I was talking about! That was a total guess based > on which lenses I knew I had with me at the time and the fact that I > usually take color photos with the R's and B&W with the M's. That could > have been any lens - M or R. And I also think any lens would have shown > flare under the conditions - a very dark room shooting into a small area of > very bright light at the edge of the frame. I just don't keep up with what > lens I used to shoot what. Some people might can recognize whether it's a > 60 or 35 but not me! > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information