[Leica] Don't Trust Everything You Read On The Internet, or: 2 Myths of the Biogon Lens

[Richard Man]

Hi George, having owned a Mamiya 7 43mm lens for a year and shooting a lot
with the SWC/M lately, I have to say that in terms of raw sharpness, the
43mm definitely holds an edge. I have 20x24" prints to prove it.

Not that the SWC Biogon is a slouch, it produces some of the nicest images
I have taken ever.

http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20150421-Scanned-911.jpg



On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:28 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Apr 23, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > The Mamiya 7 43mm is a "better Biogon than the Biogon" myth has been
> > repeated so much that I just want to shed some lights on the issues.
>
> The Mamiya-Sekor 50 mm f:6.3 for the Universal and Press 23
> was the most outstanding and remarkable wide lens I've ever owned.
> <
> http://www.mamiyaleaf.com/assets/files/documentation/Universal_Lenses_and_DOF.pdf
> >
>
> The lens, intended for 6 x 9, actually "almost" covered 4x5 in the studio.
>
> And I've owned a slew of Super Angulons including: 21 mm 3.4 for M, 21 mm
> 4 for R, 90 mm, 121 mm, 165 mm;
> and the 58 mm SA XL - which is the only one that actually out shined the
> Mamiya.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
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