Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another long held convention, Jayanand! Better said that the current generation of Leica M lenses still work extremely well wide open but nevertheless are technically better as you stop them down a little. Whether or not you can achieve that and what other factors influence your results of course are different things. The M lens dimensions ultimately are one factor that can constrain their design/performance nevertheless and one of the reasons that the S lenses have such phenomenal specifications is that they were able to start with more volume and design them from the ground up for the S 'middle format' sensor. Peter Karbe has said on a couple of occasions that these lenses are optically the best that Leica Camera has ever made without reservation and can outresolve the current and the next generation sensors in that 30x45mm size. I still want some ;-) Cheers Geoff *Izzy for Prime Minister* On 25 August 2011 14:08, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > .... The big advantage with Leica M lenses, as I see it (and have always > seen it from the film days), is that unlike any > other manufacturer, they are optimized to be used wide open. That is what > makes it worthwhile to pay $$$$ for a lens...... >