Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A 10:45 17/09/98 +0200, vous avez =E9crit : >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. __________________ I prefer a 90 which gives pictures sharp as a razor because when I want softness I can always put a Zeiss softar for contax lens : the filter siz= e, E55, is the same for both the lenses. Dominique Pellissier