Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr> >Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:16:41 +0200 >Subject: Re: [Leica] CdI Web site > >Hey Dominique, > >did you read the test of leica R lenses in CDI, it's tough! >Even the famous Apo telyt R 180 f/3.4 is heavily criticized! Good performance but much too expensive compared to N or C brand! The summicron R 90 is also touched! >Thib. > Yes, Thibault, I read the tests and I don't understand why the apo 3.4/180 is not as good as the same model previously tested 10 years ago by CI ! 1st test (1988) : excellent (center), very good (edge) at full aperture; 5/5 stars.vignetting :0.8d 2nd test (1998) : very good, very good; 4/5 stars.vignetting :0.6d. I ask myself why they have tested the old 3.4/180 which is now discontinued. And why did they not test the new apo 2.8 ? If Leica France sent them the old 3.4/180 for a test instead of the new, it is a big marketing mistake, one more. I remember when CI tested the reliability of the R4 : Leica France sent a demo body which broke !Tant pis! (For the 90 summicron R, the results of the 2 tests are the same. 3 stars in 1988 and 3 stars in 1998). Dominique