Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert wrote: >And as far as your Leica lenses performing better now >than they did 22 years ago, I imagine that you know >that the cause is >most likely due to advances in film >emulsions, etc. The film you shoot might influence your perception of contrast, but what does it have to do with sharpness and vignetting, for example? If you have your doubts, you could always test both an old and new lens on Kodachrome 25... that's been around longer than many of us have. >Why don't you two check Shutterbug, to see how many >lenses are listed with cleaning marks and scratches, >you won't find better proof. End of discussion. Not quite. While you will indeed see many lenses with marks, the vast majority of them older lenses with soft coatings such as the collapsible 50 summicron (it is hard not to find one with some degree of damage) rather than a late 50 summicron, for example. While the actual age (and hence amount of abuse taken) might play a role in this, the scratching phenomenon is pretty well documented. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com