Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did you lock the cameras down on a tripod? What exactly did you hope to determine in this test? The number of variables (sharpening, et al) seems a bit too many To draw useful conclusions. Regards, George (from iPad) On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:10, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > After reading the test today on Luminous Landscape, I felt the urge to > test my 5Dii and my M8 with Teddy and an apple. I moved back from 35mm to > test the 50mm, and moved back a bit more to test the 85mm. It was after > work, and I drank a few delicious Bowmore single malts along the way, so I > deleted a couple of candidate shots, but here you go. The M8 was set to > ISO 640 and the 5Dii to the equivalent (ISO 800). Lighting was > flourescent and dim. M8 shots got Lightroom 'portrait' sharpening' and > the 5Dii shots got 'landscape' sharpening. Tops and bottoms were cropped > to give a square. > > To my eyes, the 35 Cron Asph and the 85 1.2 came out equal tops, with > qualities of the others appreciated. What do you think? I also confirmed > that I really need to get my 35 Nokton's front focus shift fixed, as it is > frustrating, but I have no idea where. Stephen Gandy and Robert White's > in London could not advise anyone. For the Nokton, I focused, and then > twinked the focus a little further. The CV Nokt @ 1.2 and the Pentax @ > 1.2 were unusable, I think because I was tipsy by then. So I didn't post > them. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/sets/72157625292297097/ > > All comments will be pondered gratefully! > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information