Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The new 90mm Summicron with every acronym available printed on the lens barrel is compared to the 100mm Macro lens in the R-range in Leica's own .pdf file. Seems a bit odd: Several people have commented on the inappropriateness of the 100mm Macro lens as a portrait lens, because of it's high resolution and ruthless rendition of even small skin imperfections. I was under the impression that one of the main areas of use for the M-mount, 90 Summicron *was* portraiture. Has Leica designed a lens that is *too* good? M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just DOHH it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho