[Leica] Fuji X series

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

XPan and sheet film (and roll film)lenses were as expensive as they come ;-) 
Also worked on film so had to be corrected.

john

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> 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.
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> > Fuji lenses do give Leicas a run for the money including their MF system.
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> 
> 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
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