Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/17

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I can certainly pick out the photos from the short time that I used Canon
cameras and lenses.  There are CA along all of the bright edges and the
corners are not sharp.  I never see that with Leica lenses.

Tina

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> And from new Nikon glass, too.  35-70 R is far superior to 24-70 Nikon.  I
> can pick out photos taken with each quite easily.  Just zoom in and look
> for
> CA along the bright edges.  None on the R lens, yet quite visible on the
> Nikon glass.  R glass is sharper, too.  Not so much at 35mm, but at 70
> there
> I no comparison.
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:30 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon lens to SL body adapter that is AF compatible
>
> Based on looking at the specs it seem some R glass are a clear step up from
> old  back then Nikon or Canon glass.
> But much of them even back then were not any kind of special inspiration.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
>
> On 1/16/18, 7:06 PM, "LUG on behalf of Aram"
> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Mark.  Are you comparing R lenses with Nikon, canon, etc?  Having shot
> with
>     R and Canon and Nikon, that is not a good comparison.  My R glass far
>     outdoes any of my Nikon and Canon glass.  Have you tried the 100/2.8
> APO?
>     Or the 35-70/4?  A world of difference.
>
>     Aram
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Mark Rabiner
>     Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 11:47 AM
>     To: Leica Users Group
>     <Snip>
>
>     I?m sure if people are going to put R glass on the thing they may as
> well
>     put Canon, Nikon etc. as well. Sony. Olympus. Lomo.
>
>
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