Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leica Desires
From: Gang Huang <gang@mtdcr.mt.att.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 96 04:21:58 EDT

At 03:56 PM 5/19/96 -0700, John Irvin Buford wrote:
>As a person that is trained as a scientist.  You may want to qunatify, 
>your photographic experience.  But, in reality I can probably save you 
>a lot of time.  Leica Lens as a general rule test poorly.  In 
>comparsion to the other other major manufacturers.  What you have to do 
>is to take pictures and see with the different lens and see what you 
>really like.  Leica lens are designed to reproduce a scene while 
>maintaining, the proper contrast ratios.  While other lens are designed 
>to reproduce charts and graphs, Leica's tend to photograph life , the 
>way it's supposed to look.
>

Now, I am curious. In what specific test(s), did Leica lenses test poorly? All
the published tests I have seen rated Leica lenses very well, at least
comparable to the best Canon and Nikon Lenses designed around the same time
period. 

Regards,
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Gang Huang
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