RE: [Leica] Leica & Contax Lens Comparison

[Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

I'm just curious; how do you decide which of your 71 lenses to use in any
given situation? <grin!>

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	TEAShea@aol.com [SMTP:TEAShea@aol.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 24, 1999 11:15 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica]  Leica & Contax Lens Comparison
> 
> << G2 and Leica  M systems.  >>
> 
> In response to the recent posts regarding this, I find this issue to be a
> very
> interesting question.  I have (including some duplicates) 22 Canon EOS
> lenses,
> 18 Leica M lenses, 20 Contax SLR lenses and 11 Contax G2 lenses.  
> 
> In general terms, I find that the best of each group are very high
> quality.
> For prints up to 11 x 14, the best are not distinguishable from each other
> (to
> me).  However, at the extreme the new Leica aspherical lenses are slightly
> better than the rest.  \
> 
> As has often been discussed in this forum, there is a substantial question
> of
> whether this marginal difference in quality is important.  To me, for 99%
> of
> my shooting, the difference is inconsequential.  However, this does not
> mean
> that the difference is unimportant.  I just like knowing that the new
> Leica M
> aspherical lenses have that slight extra capability.  Even though I use my
> Leica system less than any of the other systems, Leica is special and
> useful. 
> 
> Tom Shea