Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:11 PM 7/17/96 -0400, you wrote: >>...However, technologies do peak out. > >As film appears to be doing even now, sadly. It's not becaue it can't get better. In 86 Kodak was saying they could probably squeeze 10X more imaging quality out of film. Unfortunately, that was before they made major cuts in research. Dang. Fuji is still making very nice stuff, though. Mabye when the lawsuits settle, they'll have to go back to competing honestly. >The current production equipment seems to provide the best combination of >color saturation, contrast, and sharpness for my taste, but I must agree that >(allowing for sample variations) _some_ of the older lenses have slightly >better sharpness. The exception I would make to this is my new-formula 50mm Have you tried any of the APOs? They are stupendous. And the 35 Summilux R. It's scary it's so good. But on the average, I think your right. =================== Eric Welch Grants Pass (OR) Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB chair "I think not," said Descartes, and disappeared.