Re: [Leica] Re: R vs L lenses (WAS: moving to Leica SLR)

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

I have never used any of the R series cameras, but something doesn't seem
right here.  At the shutterspeeds you were using, the R7 shots should have
been very sharp.  It should have been very difficuly to distinguish (from a
quality point of view) the slides from the two cameras.

Dan C.

At 09:56 AM 08-10-98 -0700, you wrote:
>I just may keep the M6 after all.
>I performed a non-scientific test of my own yesterday.
>I took out my M6 and my R7 together, handheld,
>and shot the same things with both cameras.
>On the M6 I used the 50/2, and on the R7 I used the 
>100/2.8.  On both cameras I used an aperture of
>5.6 to 8, depending upon light.
>I found that my M6 slides were WAY sharper and 
>clearer than the R7 shots.  Now I know it may not be entirely fair
>because I used different focal lengths, but the difference was
>absoultely dramatic.  The M6 shots were stunningly sharp
>for being handheld (1/250 to 1/500), and looked as if they 
>were tripod shots.  The R7 shots were fuzzy, with not much appearing
>to be focused sharply.  The results were consistent throughout all the
>R7 slides, not just on a few.  In some, it seemed that the point that I had
>focused on was not in focus, but another point was.  Very disappointing.
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