Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was talking about image color. "this lens is cool, this lens is warm" really a thing of the past with nikon and canon and a reason to avoid third party glass.. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:05:30 +0000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: large format lens vs. medium format lens > > http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/10/notes-on-lens-and-camera-variation > > john > ________________________________________ > > > He was still doing it into the 80s and seeing differences. I first learned > that he did it in 1978 when he had just got a new 300mm f2.8. > I'd be astonished if there isn't still substantial sample variation, > particularly amongst multi element zooms and any lens with image > stabilisation. The likelihood of these -not- showing sample variation is an > engineering impossibility, the only question is how much variability and > how > many lenses get into the market not up to scratch. > FD > > On 18 Oct, 2012, at 01:24, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> I think by the mid 70's the nikon glass would have matched up pretty well. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information