Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Because if I didn't I would invest in a different company. > Optics is a science which progresses. > People and companies learn with every lens they make. > The optics of today is better than the optics of previous decades. > Nikon, Canon, Zeiss all companies glass out performs the daylights > out of > its glass from the previous decades. > I'm a photographer > I'm not looking for a nostalgic fingerprint. > I'm looking for resolution and contrast. sure... sounds good, except when every economic pressure says "make less for more" Steve > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:11:51 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example >> >> >> On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> I was for some reason not absorbing the fact that this was the old >>> 75. The >>> Summilux. But thinking it was the new 75, the Summicron. >>> Sorry. >>> I'm normally assuming the latest from Leica is going to be the best. >> >> >> errrr... >> >> >> why ? >> >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:10 -0400 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example >>>> >>>> 2009-03-24-23:49:49 Mark Rabiner: >>>>> Is it the sharpest lens in the history of photography? >>>>> I think so. >>>> >>>> Except of course it isn't. Apples to apples (if maybe red apples to >>>> green apples), with fast shutter speeds and low ISOs to show it >>>> off, the >>>> amazing 75mm Apo-ASPH Summicron at f/2 beats it obviously in >>>> contrast, >>>> fine detail, corner goodness -- whether the Summilux is at f/1.4, >>>> f/ >>>> 2, >>>> f/2.8... or maybe elsewhere. And the Summicron is shorter and >>>> lighter: >>>> all-around handier. I cannnot tell a lie: I own the 75/2, and I >>>> use it >>>> whenever I can, like when I expect for the light to be reasonably >>>> bright. >>>> >>>> But the Summicron doesn't go to 11. I mean f/1.4. So using it, >>>> I'd >>>> have had to try to hand-hold twice as slow a shutter speed. Might >>>> not >>>> have worked. There are also some touchy-feely differences in the >>>> way >>>> the lenses render stuff. But basically... f/1.4 is darned handy >>>> when >>>> there isn't enough light. Because the next ISO up is really >>>> raggedy >>>> looking, and the next shutter speed down (1/45) would've been >>>> pretty >>>> wobbly for a 75. Even 1/90 can be hit-or-miss. >>>> >>>>> I'm looking at eye lashes; >>>>> Individual ones, you can count them. >>>>> And the split ends at the ends of them >>>>> >>>>> Indoors wide open hand held. >>>> >>>> I'm glad you see my point, Mark. I know you're a big fan of >>>> compact, >>>> light, slow, super-duper-sharp lenses, which make sense for someone >>>> like >>>> you who apparently goes outside a lot. For much of the day, >>>> there's a >>>> really bright light turned on out there; f/4 is practical. So you >>>> often >>>> make fun of the large, heavy Summiluxen they've been introducing. >>>> But I >>>> seem to find myself making about 80% of my pictures in rooms at >>>> night, >>>> and an excellent fast lens makes me really happy. >>>> >>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/3358536031/sizes/o/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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