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Subject: [Leica] When a Biogon is no match for THE Biogon
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:44:44 -0700
References: <CAF8hL-FHOzYfurv9pp1a3+u1f3_39HGYsohp-=vvN=HOdG+Z9w@mail.gmail.com> <CBA3EBBB.11C1C%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Ha ha. Well Mark speaks his mind :-)

But honestly, I have never been so impressed by a lens before. Many Leica
lens are excellent. I still remember seeing the chromes from the 50'lux
ASPH. The clarity, oh!

But that SWC Biogon is another class...

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at 
chriscrawfordphoto.com
> wrote:

> Jesus, Richard, now you're going to get Mark to foaming at the mouth
> again! Thanks! :D~
>
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> On 4/6/12 12:33 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>
> >I went to photograph inside a high tech company today for the Faces of the
> >SmartWorld
> ><http://richardmanphoto.com/Portfolio/FacesoftheSmartWorld.pdf>project.
> >The indoor light is not bright enough for Tri-X and I didn't want
> >to use a tripod so I was mainly using the M9 with the 50'lux and the 25
> >Biogon ZM.
> >
> >If you look at the lens diagram, the 25 Biogon ZM does look rather like
> >the
> >"original" Biogon. Performance wise, it's good. Very good image quality.
> >But distortion wise, there is no comparison to the true Biogon SWC. The
> >difference is startling.
> >
> >Next time I'm going to bring a tripod...
> >
> >--
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] When a Biogon is no match for THE Biogon)
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