Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to an optometrist-friend who is also a serious photographer, colour perception varies widely between individuals. I think your subjective testing is infinitely more meaningful to a photographer than curves, graphs and numerical quantifications, regardless of the dedication and earnest desire on the testers' part to produce helpful information. BTW, which 85 1.8, the older manual-focus or the latest AF? These are two different optical designs. Both super-sharp lenses, but the early one is not multi-coated and has a colder rendering; also it has a great propensity to flare if there's a light source anywhere in the frame. Regards, Nigel On Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:15:53 +0000 Alex Hurst <corkflor@iol.ie> writes: >Some time ago I did a series of very subjective comparisions of a 90/2 >Summicron R mounted on an SL and an 85/1.8 Nikkor on an F. Same >subjects, >same exposure. > >My conclusions were: > >a) Very little to choose in terms of definition. > >b) Leica rendition appeared to be a shade warmer and more 'plastic' - >probably the 'bokeh' factor. > >I was going to put these comparisons up on my home pages, but decided >not >to as there are plenty of people like Erwin who approach these >evaluations >in a far more methodical and meaningful way. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]