Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/19
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Well said Harold
the +ACI-real Leica user+ACI- (Leica lenses are the best in the
world) doesn't have to believe +ACI-blindly+ACI- to the lens test +ADs-
he has to consider the tests like a starting point , than he
has to test himself the lens regarding the conditions for
which it is designed and depending his kind of subjects.
It's unbelievable that the King Noctilux gets a +ACI-weak+ACI-
rating at F1.0+ACE-
Oh +ACI-Spirit of darkness+ACI- where are you gone?
Guido Ridoli
LEICA M superfan
guirid+AEA-numerica.it
- -----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Harold Gess +ADwAPg-
A: leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
+ADw-leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us+AD4-
Data: venerd+AOw- 17 aprile 1998 0.06
Oggetto: Re: +AFs-Leica+AF0- an objective evaluation of leica M
lenses
+AHw-Greetings
+AHw-
+AHw-I found these results interesting, however......
+AHw-
+AHw-With respect, the problem with such tests is that they mean
very little when
+AHw-assessing a lens. For example a Noctilux, designed for
low-light er it works wonderfully at F1.0 under the
+AHw-conditions for which it is designed.
+AHw-
+AHw-These tests always remind me of a car magazine which rated
the Land Rover
+AHw-Defender 90 and Porsche Boxter as poor overall. The trouble
is the magazine
+AHw-surveys vehicles using categories such as +ACI-boot/trunk
space, suitability for
+AHw-daily commuting, fuel efficiency at various speeds, etc+ACI-.
+AHw-
+AHw-Such testing is usually fine when testing fairly standard
items against one
+AHw-another, but means very little in a vacuum and even less
when applied to
+AHw-speciality items designed with a particular purpose in
mind.
+AHw-
+AHw-Thank you
+AHw-
+AHw-Harold
+AHw-
+AHw------Original Message-----
+AHw-From: Dominique PELLISSIER +ADw-pelliss+AEA-droit-eco.u-nancy.fr+AD4-
+AHw-To: leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
+ADw-leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us+AD4-
+AHw-Date: 16 April, 1998 9:47 PM
+AHw-Subject: +AFs-Leica+AF0- an objective evaluation of leica M lenses
+AHw-
+AHwAPg-Here is a cvs file with the evaluation, after MTF test, of
all leica M
+AHw-lenses. The test has been made by the french review
+ACI-Chasseur d'images+ACI- who
+AHw-uses its own material (Ealing Eros 200 system five).
+AHwAPg-Meaning of letters : W+AD0-weak, F+AD0- fair,G+AD0- good, VG +AD0- very
good, EX +AD0-
+AHw-excellent.
+AHwAPg-The left letter is for the center, the right for the
edges.
+AHwAPg-
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+AHw------Original Message-----
+AHw-From: Dominique PELLISSIER +ADw-pelliss+AEA-droit-eco.u-nancy.fr+AD4-
+AHw-To: leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
+ADw-leica-users+AEA-mejac.palo-alto.ca.us+AD4-
+AHw-Date: 16 April, 1998 9:47 PM
+AHw-Subject: +AFs-Leica+AF0- an objective evaluation of leica M lenses
+AHw-
+AHw-
+AHwAPg-Here is a cvs file with the evaluation, after MTF test, of
all leica M
+AHw-lenses. The test has been made by the french review
+ACI-Chasseur d'images+ACI- who
+AHw-uses its own material (Ealing Eros 200 system five).
+AHwAPg-Meaning of letters : W+AD0-weak, F+AD0- fair,G+AD0- good, VG +AD0- very
good, EX +AD0-
+AHw-excellent.
+AHwAPg-The left letter is for the center, the right for the
edges.
+AHwAPg-
+AHw-
+AHw-