Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 01/20/2000 11:23:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, Williamsonimages@compuserve.com writes: << I appreciate any thoughts after you run them through their paces. >> I have not compared my 90 mm lenses with color film yet but I have run resolution tests down in my ultra-cold music room (only heat is a woodstove) - - it is 2 degrees fahrenheit there! So maybe my results may be suspect. Anyway, in order of highest to lowest resolution wide open and down two stops : new Elmarit M, old Elmarit R, old Summicron M (6 element), and fairly late Summicron R. I can't say much about contrast and all the other stuff except that the new Elmarit M looks the best on high contrast copy film - the film I used for the test target shots. Of course it is not an f2 lens and Kodachrome slides of my daughter on the Summicron R (5 element) are simply beautiful. Bob Figlio