Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/13

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Leica lens tests in Dutch
From: "joe b." <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 01:39:35 +0100

In article <19960913063907.AAA21125@ge1-p12.vtx.ch>, Gerard Captijn
<captyng@vtx.ch> writes
>I would like to add to the discussion that I have read Erwin Puts tests on
>Leica M lenses (by focal length: all generation's 35's, 50's, 90's, etc) in
>a Dutch photographic magazine. The main interest of his tests, in my
>opinion, is the direct comparison of different generations of
>same-focal-length Leica lenses. I have been really impressed with the
>quality of his work which I rate above the tests the german Photo Magazine
>(sometimes referred to in messages). Erwin Puts direct contacts with  Leica
>certainly added to the usefulness of his tests. All the work is published in
>the Dutch language but as he has subscribed to the Leica user group, we have
>the pleasure of reading his conclusions in English now too.
>Gerard Captijn,
>Geneva, Switzerland.
>PS: a summary of his tests is available on the net:
>http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m/lenses/pages/keuze.html (in Dutch!).

I've had a look at these and they look utterly fascinating; I can make
out enough to know I want to read it all. I'm just wondering if we have
any volunteers to translate any of this into English (and post it here)?
-- 
joe b.

In reply to: Message from captyng@vtx.ch (Gerard Captijn) (Re: M3 and Wide Angle)