Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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, --------------------------------------- Gang Huang Advanced Communications Technologies AT&T Bell Laboratories 200 Laurel Ave. 3B-216 Middletown, NJ 07748 U. S. A. (908)957-3524 ---------------------------------------