Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] optical performance of the t-elmar 135
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 15:10:17 -0800

Dominique PELLISSIER wrote:
> 
> In the Leica M compendium, Eastland wrote (p.62) :
> "The lens (tele-elmar 135)is unsurpassed in its class for optical
> performance and at full aperture it is still one of the best lenses in the
> entire leica system".
> The same judgment appears in Laney (Leica lens practice, p.188) and, of
> course, in the official leica literature.
> Now the french photographic review "Chasseur d'images" has recently tested
> the lens and concluded that the old optical formula gives only "good
> results" (in terms of MTF measure)far away the standard of quality of Leica.
> Where is the truth ?

The truth is in the images it makes for you!  We spend far too much time
wondering about what the media writes. What is their agenda? 

Dennis

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