Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 24-01-1998 00:25 Erwin Puts wrote: >On my site you can find a comparative analysis of these lenses. >The Summicron is optically corrected to a higher degree. And aspecially the >contrast of the Summilux at spatial frequencies of 30 lp/mm and below is a >bit weak (not in the centre but in the outer zones). When using this lens >at full aperture (1,4) and shooting at shutterspeeds around 1/60 or lower >it is hardly possible to record these 30lp/mm. So in most practical >situations you can not use the full optical potential of this lens and >therefore not run up to its optical limits. >Erwin > > Huh? Erwin, could you please explain this a bit? I must confess I am not a technical expert, so I do not fully understand what you are saying. BTW: it was mainly your excellent site that got me over from Nikon to the Leica world. :-) Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- Sent on a Macintosh PowerBook G3, the fastest laptop on the planet - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>