Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Opinions Please
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 21:05:44 -0600

At 09:23 PM 2/18/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Even with the high quality and extreme sharpness of Leica lens, does
>anyone believe that they can compare favorably with the image qualities
>produced by medium format lens such as those from Hasselblad?

As a matter of fact, they do compare favorably. But Hasselblad? Only up to
a specific size.

But that's like comparing apples and oranges.

No, more like apples and orangutans. 

Why? Because you can do things with the Leica you can't with the
Hassleblad. More extreme focal lengths, different depth of field for the
same angle of view. Carrying in low light and shoot available light without
a tripod. Lots and lots of things. 

All the Hassleblad offers in the area of advantage is larger negative and
very nice lenses. But they aren't as good as Leica lenses. MF lenses don't
need to be as sharp. Contrast, that's another thing. But that's a whole
other discussion.

The best thing is to have both.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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