Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax & Leica
From: Andre Jean Quintal <megamax@abacom.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:07:23 -0500

At 12:45 -0600 14/12/98, Eric Welch wrote:
>> The lens that was sharpest in the Hassy series is
>>the 180mm.  Now that lens is tack sharp.!!!
>
>Wonder how their new 300 2.8 will stack up? :-)
[ . . . ]

I had always been under the impression that the
Hasselblad CF100 Planar was considered their
most accurate and highest resolution lens . . .,
generally speaking, with a very desireable M.T.F. curve .

1 / Do I understand the notion "sharpness"
in a wrong way ??? (though i know the CF180
"rates up" with the few "high performance"
lenses now available "off the shelf" ; it remains
a more than 2X normal lens, a lot by my usual
preferences over the years ). . .

2 / Is there some "chart" or system to help rate
the ACUTANCE / EDGE DEFINITION
of a given lens, objectively ?
Or RELATIVE to others designs ?
Would this relate to some "threshold" point
in a M.T.F. curve, even subjective ?

Thank you,

Andre Jean Quintal


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