Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com>wrote: >I like very much the two first pictures, great tones! >Nice collection of 50mm lenses, I can suppose that the Macro-Switar performs very well?. >Lluis ==================================================================================================== Thanks, Lluis. The Macro-Switar is just average in my tests of most of these lenses (in the 18" to infinity range). It's close to the Micro-Nikkor in the macro realm, but has a different distribution of sharpness with a more curved field, and it can give a more impressionistic look when opened up past the f/3.5 of the Nikkor. Of the f/1.4 lenses, the Zuiko is the best wide open, with a slight glow. At f/2, it's gone, and is only very, very slightly behind the Summicrons in resolution, but the Zuiko has more contrast (probably due to haze from age in the Leitz lenses). The Summicrons have the most pleasing o.o.f. background rendering, but the Zuiko isn't bad. I don't use the f/1.4 Nikkor much - it's the bulkiest, and also is in mint condition (I got it from my uncle, and he never used it, preferring zooms. I keep it on his 1965 Nikon F - such a pretty combination.) My Super-Takumar f/1.4 does quite well, considering how much it got knocked about in the 1960's when I worked on the student newspaper. The Canon f/1.2 is in a category to itself. I put this on my X-E2 when I go out at night; it's my fastest lens, and my example is sharp wide open, and gets really good at f/5.6 - f/8 (in the center), but the curvature of field makes it less useful for scenes that feature buildings or need a flat field of sharpness. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt