Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Thomas, No, I haven't compared these lenses myself. I was paraphrasing what I had remembered Jeremy Kime saying in a mini-review of the Ricoh---he actually said it was sharper at full aperture and less likely to flare. =20 The lens in the GR-1 and the L-mount lens are supposed to be the same design. It would be interesting to hear if the L-mount Ricoh has the fall-off you've seen in the GR-1 version.=20 Regards, PB On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:51:47 -0400, Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net> wrote: >At 08:34 AM 8/21/98 +0900, Paul C. Brodek wrote: >snip >>but performs as well as the Minolta Rokkor-M 28/2.8. =20 > >Paul have you done these tests for yourself? I own and use both a 28 = Rokkor >and a GR-1. The GR has a good lens and is a great tiny package, but it >isn't even in the same league as the Rokkor. At 2.8 and even into f4 the >light fall-off is dramatic in the corners on the GR lens. The GR lens is >equally sharp edge to edge, but at its best doesn't have the resolving >power of the Rokkor.=20 Paul C. Brodek/Trek Japan E-mail: pcb@iac.co.jp Tel: 078-413-6606 (Int'l: 81-78-413-6606) =46ax: 078-413-6607 (Int'l: 81-78-413-6607)