Re: [Leica] Critical test reports by CDI

[Dominique PELLISSIER <pelliss@droit-eco.u-nancy.fr>]

A 20:42 17/09/98 +0200, vous avez =E9crit :
>Hello folks:
>
>In the midst of the Photokina fever, I would like to come in with the=20
>conclusions of a couple of tests done by the French magazine Chasseur=20
>d'Images (although their latest reports have been mentioned before on=20
>this list). The results are quite critical...
>
>Summicron-R 35/2.0
>4 stars for performance (out of 5), 1 star for price/performance ratio, =
3=20
>stars for cote d'amour (subjective rating)
>Excellent lens but price is outrageous: even when the quality of the=20
>construction is taken into account, the price is 3 to 4 times as much as=
=20
>the competition.
>
>Apo-Telyt-R 180/3.4
>4 stars for performance, 1 star for price/performance ratio, 1 star for=20
>cote d'amour
>Maximum opening too slow compared to the classic 180/200mm (2.8). No=20
>internal focusing. A lens of the past. Others are about the same quality=
=20
>for much less, with added autofocus. With the exception of the second=20
>hand-market (and even then), this lens cannot be recommended.
>
>Summicron-R 90/2.0
>3 stars for performance, 1 star for price/performance ratio, 2 stars for=
=20
>cote d'amour
>Excellent performance for such a type of lens, but once again: why shoul=
d=20
>it be priced 5 times as high as the competition without really much=20
>optical quality difference? Excellent performer, but with very banal=20
>characteristics.
>
>Do you notice a pattern? Althought they admit that the optical and=20
>mechanical quality of these three lenses is excellent, their prices at=20
>outrageous compared to the competition that can offer lenses as good as=20
>these Leica's for much less with the added bonus of autofocus.
>
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Comment : I wonder why guys at Leica France sent for MTF tests such a bun=
ch
of old lenses ! Are they  masochist?
Dominique Pellissier

Year of design for the following lenses :
2/35 R :1976
2/90 R :1969
3.4/180 R :1975