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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Test of six 50's
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sat May 12 17:04:50 2007
References: <CC4D8B54-BFFD-4E26-8169-26E0E25C9DF8@comcast.net><001f01c794e5$c686e7a0$2101a8c0@luispersonal> <4DB1C23F-2A8A-4FF8-9FCD-1F404E6798D8@comcast.net> <001801c794ec$9ef07560$6501a8c0@asus930>

Hey Hoppy,

Good idea. I just thought he had more then that.  ;-)

Len


On May 12, 2007, at 7:24 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Hey Len, you could get scientific and just crop an identical  
> selection from each image and combine them in one new image and invite
> Jeffery around and make the test a 73 lens comparison.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Leonard Taupier
> Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2007 08:46
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:Test of six 50's
>
> Hi Luis,
>
> The horizontal is not cropped at all. In the vertical it's cropped
> about 80%. I just lined up all the photos in Photoshop and then took
> a full screen shot of my desktop.
>
> I may do the same test tomorrow at f2.8 and add the Noctilux and
> Elmar LTM.  It's too bad I can't use the DR Summicron on the M8 to
> finish off my 50's.
>
> Best Regards,
> Len
>
>
> On May 12, 2007, at 6:34 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> Very interesting test Len, how much did you cropped the section?
>>
>> Thanks for showing
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Luis
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En
>> nombre de
>> Leonard Taupier
>> Enviado el: s?bado, 12 de mayo de 2007 18:59
>> Para: Leica Users Group
>> Asunto: [Leica] IMG:Test of six 50's
>>
>> I just made a composite photo of the same section of six photos
>> taken with
>> six different Leica M and LTM lenses on my M8.
>>  From top to bottom the photo strips represent shots taken with the
>> following lenses at f2 only. All of the lenses had their lens hoods
>> attached.
>>
>> Leica Summilux ASPH (current)
>>
>> Leica Summicron (current)
>>
>> Konica Hexanon (last current)
>>
>> Leica Summitar (very slight haze at edges, coating very good)
>>
>> Leica Summicron ( slight haze, slight cleaning marks)
>>
>> Leica Summarit ( very slight haze, very slight cleaning marks)
>>
>> I rank the order of the lenses with best on top. The top 3 are much
>> better
>> then the bottom 3 for resolution. Of the bottom 3 the Summitar has
>> the best
>> contrast, the Summicron coll the best resolution.
>>
>> You can judge for yourself.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2xdfyt
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>>
>>
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