Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 03:43 Subject: Re: [Leica] Another comparison, more realistic this time > I set up a tripod and shoot the same view or views > and replace cameras or lenses so I can make a real > comparison the only variable being the lenses. This isn't just a lens comparison; it's a whole-camera comparison. After all, the whole camera is what produces the picture, not just the lens. I don't normally use a tripod, so I didn't use one here. If one camera shakes more than the other, that is, after all, an important factor in real-world use. Similarly, I used full-auto on the Nikon (as I normally would) and did not tweak exposure, whereas everything on the Leica was necessarily manual. Here again, that's the way it is for real-world shots. > If one is an SLR and one a rangefinder I definitely lock up > the mirror on the SLR; there is a huge difference in not having > mirror vibration being another variable. Yes, but in everyday photography, you don't lock up the mirror. > And hopefully you are going with naked glass ... Nope. A Leica UV filter on the Summicron, a B+W filter on the Nikkor. That's how I normally use them. > ... both lenes had their lens shades in use. Both lenses had their hoods on (the ones provided by Leica and Nikon with the lenses). > It's awfully fun to be able to REALLY see the differences > between lenses and not just wonder how many other variables > are throwing off a real comparison. But it's also fun to see comparisons in something approaching a real-life situation, because that's where real-life photos get made. Test-bench results are easy to find. -- Anthony