Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]F8 will probably be the best performing stop, with f5.6 second best. I have not found performance to be seriously degraded at the smaller stops. I have used f11-f16 with excellent results. At wider apertures the contrast is low. Dan >In the next month or so I am sending in an old style 50mm f2.8 Elmar to >Sherry for a front element replacement and CLA.. My question to those of >you >who have a lens of this type. What f stop have you found to be the sweet >spot? I am suspecting, by my informal tests on the lens in its present >condition that its optimal f stop would be f4 to f5.6. > >I intend to use this as I like its collapsible nature when light is >sufficient for stopping the lens down. > >gck > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com