Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]81 looks to be a bit more contrasty and 80 has a bit of purple fringing, both can be modified in post-prod though john > -----Original Message----- > > Hi Luggers, > It is a dark rainy misty day on Pender today and not really suitable for > lens > comparos as I don't want to stand out in the rain and shot these pictures > from the door to the deck of my loft. > Hopefully Gene will have better light when he takes his pictures and those > results will be more illustrative of differences - if any. > > I set the D800E on a solid tripod, locked it down, set ISO to 400, shutter > speed > manual (1/100) - used live view and 23X enlargement > to check focus on both lenses the Leica R Vario Elmar and the Nikon 24 - 70 > 2.8 G set F stops on both lenses at f5.6. Shot RAW > developed in CS 6 as shot. Same minimum sharpening in both images: > > 1. <http://gallery.leica- > users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/lens+pix/_DSC2981CSw.jpg.html> > http://tinyurl.com/crj2xu3 > > 2. <http://gallery.leica- > users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/lens+pix/_DSC2980CSw.jpg.html> > http://tinyurl.com/d2ndjtq > > Doesn't prove much in my opinion - but have a look large and see what you > think. > Cheers > Howard >