Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I must say that the lenses for my Xpan, which are fuji, as perhaps not as well built as the lenses for my Leica, but exceptionally well built and are exceptional lenses. The ones I used on view cameras were also quite good. Don't know about the new x lenses, but I would expect them to be competitive with Leica. -----Original Message----- From: John McMaster Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:51 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X series > -----Original Message----- > > Fuji lenses do give Leicas a run for the money including their MF system. > I cannot let that go unchallenged (on this list), not wanting to start a 'war' and this is personal opinion: Leica lenses cover full frame or larger (S), this is much more demanding than APS-C or smaller. Leica lenses are very well corrected and will work equally well on film. Mirrorless lenses only work on digital, IMO the lenses are corrected to a certain level and then the last bit is done in software - that is how the price is kept down. Sean Reid has shown some of this on his pay site, it is quite hard to get in and see the image before the camera has changed it (correcting barrel/pincushion distortion etc). Engineering and build quality.... So you may say that the results from a Fuji come close to Leica, that is certainly not the same as saying that the lenses are similar ;-) john _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information