Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Performance wide open
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 01:12:23 -0700
 
Minox subminiature camera lenses are optimized to be used at full 
aperture and have no aperture mechanism. The same is also true for the 
excellent Zeiss Hologon 16mm lens.

Godfrey

>It has been noted on the Lug:
>>With all due respect, no lens performs better wide open than stopped down.
>>While some may perform better than others wide open, none will ever be
>>better wide open than at say F8.