Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/26

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Subject: Re: H'blad vs Leica
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@spherenet.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:59:32 -0400

At 08:13 PM 26/11/96 +0100, Erwin Puts wrote:
>Brad,
>I did a thorough investigation in the comparative merits of Leica versus
>Hasselblad. The test parameters:
>A Hasselblad with 2,8/80 and a Leica 9M6) with Summicron 2,0/50. The leica
>was operated by me, the 'blad by a professional and experienced 'blad user
>for more than 15 years. ...[snip]

Not a very fair comparison.  The 80/2.8 lens for the Hasselblad is probably
the weakest in their lineup, while the 50/2 is one of Leica's strongest.

Dan C.