Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm Noctilux-M f1
From: Emanuel-Temp_Lowi@READERSDIGEST.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:23:23 -0500

In fact, it is this test that I was referring to in my post of several days
ago.
I was just a teenager at the time, already into Leicas, and was astonished
at what seemed even then to be evidence of a dip in optical quality (in
this case, resolution) in the interest of economizing on production costs
(no more aspherical element). The Modern Photography test tables showed
this pretty clearly. This was also, IMHO, one of the first examples of size
increases in Leica M-lenses, a trend that continues today.
I'd love to see a copy of that test again.