Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I apologized for my miscommunication in an earlier reply. I meant to say no "visible" vignetting. To what were you referring when you said "2 further developments?" Yes, I admit I am mightly critical......I scan all my 35mm slides on a 2700dpi film scanner and open them in Photoshop for scanner artifact and color correction. My slides need to survive the inital exposure, a film scanner, a few Photoshop operations, and a conversion to JPG format. Then they can be viewed on the Internet which is my final output device. The reason I love Leica (even though I have only used Leica for 3 months now) is because the images are so much "sharper" and have very high resolution. I NEED the highest starting resolution and the best quality possible because every step of my process degrades the image slightly. If I start with a bad slide, I will get an awful scan, if I start with a PERFECT slide, I will get a great scan, etc. I can't afford a $75,000 drum scanner (yet), so I am stuck with a desktop film scanner for now. Francesco At 09:53 AM 1/23/98 +0000, you wrote: > > > ---------- >Francesco wrote....... >>I recently bought a 35/1.4 and an 80/1.4 to go with my R8. >> >>Wide open, during daylight conditions, neither lenses are >>stellar performers. The 35 introduced visible corner vignetting >>at 1.4, which was completely gone by 2.8. I suppose one would >>not expect the 1.4 lenses to be excellent at 1.4 during the day. >> >>The 35/1.4 also worked very well wide open at night to capture scenes >>of a street market in Bangkok, lit only by street lamps.....no vignetting >>here either. >> >>Does anyone else agree that the 35/1.4 is not that great wider than f/4, or >>is >>this a technical fault of mine? >> >>Francesco > >=================================== >Francesco, > >I fail to see how a lens that vignettes in the daytime suddenly stops at >night!. Can you tell me when this changes? 6pm? 7pm? Sunset? > >I'm a fan of my 35 Summilux, I know there are imperfections with the >ultimate technical quality of the design, (it's curvature of field rather >than flat field) but then all lens design is a chosen compromise. Because >it's an F1.4 lens I'm happy to use it like that, if it was only useful from >F4 onwards then I'd look for an F4 lens. There are of course 2 further >developments of the 35/1.4 for you to try if you're dissatisfied, for myself >I'd say that it's probably no technical fault of your lens but that you're >mighty critical of the performance. > >The subjects sounded interesting, street scenes and dancers. Can't we be >satisfied with taking pictures and having the tools for the job? Or do we >need to know that there is no sharper clinical instrument with which to >'scalp our trophies'? > >And finally, does anyone know how rare the all-black M3 - 35 Summilux is? I >like the fact it focuses closer but I'm unsure whether its a good trade off, >vis a vis the extra bulk in the bag... Part of me likes the fact that it's a >bit of an oddball thing top put on an M6! > >Jem K > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/