Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/11

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Subject: Re: Leica RF Competitors
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:39:03 -0500 (EST)

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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Bogdan KARASEK wrote:

> >From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
> >Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 18:14:23 -0500 (EST)
> >Subject: Re: Leica RF Competitors
> >
> 
> >Different. According the the late Bob Schwalberg, who used them all,
> >Contax Zeiss rangefinder lenses were higher in contrast than Leica
> >lenses. The Retina, he felt, was under-rated. He especially noted
> >the inside belows which trapped extraneous light and helped the
> >Schneider (and some Kodak Ektar) lenses improve their contrast and
> >apparant sharpness. He particularly liked the Retina IIc, which
> >has a superb 50mm f/2.8 Schneider Xenon (as opposed to the 50mm f/2.8
> >Schneider Xenar). I recently bought one one these Retinas in 
> >superb shape. It's a wonderful image maker.
> >Ed Meyers
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a 50/2 Schneider Xenon on my Retina IIIc and a 50/2  Xenon on my Agfa
> Karat (Ansco).  Could anybody tell me anything more about this lens and what
> makes it such a wonderful image maker?
> 
> 
> 
>   Regards
>          
>          Bogdan KARASEK 
>          karabog@cam.org
>          Montreal
>          Quebec
>          CANADA
> 
> 
Make pictures with them and you'll see that they are good
at it. Note the mention I made of an internal bellows inside
the Retina. This cuts down internal reflections and helps
to improve the look of sharpness. Ed Meyers