Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 10/19/99 9:28:41 PM, leica@home.com writes: << I do not think Nikon wide-angle glass, even the new stuff, is as good as Leica's, though it is close. I find it lagging a bit in detail and shadow detail, and tends to be just a bit soft wide-open with the large-aperture wide angle lenses. And though they are excellent, they don't produce that leica character that I can't put into words. Generally speaking though you'd have to be pretty critical to tell a difference. >> I don't know . . . I've used Nikons for years but after just a few rolls past my 35mm Summicron and 24mm ASPH I'm absolutely blown away by the Leica lenses. There is just so much more detail in the shadow areas of black and white negatives. I've shot T-Max in some low light situations where I really didn't expect much -- certainly situations where the Nikon would have produced less than exciting results -- but the Leica lenses really came through. Bob (animals aren't the only things that see in the dark) McEowen