Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, > The first is that even the highest quality medium format lenses are not nearly > as sharp as the best 35 mm lenses. This is an overused generalization that's just not true. Many MF lenses can match a 35mm equivalent on LPM counts and some aren't even exotics (three that come to mind are the H'blad 100 planar, Mamiya C330 105 DS and Mamiya Univ. 50mm). Some can also match 35mm for contrast transfer. IMO, it's better to use a safe 'for the most part' when making statements such as the above and lose the 'not nearly'. Most above par lenses image 'nearly' as well as one-another. Even when you're looking at lenses that cover 4x5. Regards, Danny Gonzalez