Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:39 AM Subject: [Leica] Super-achromat (snip) > The Nikon-Leica controversy as triggered by the Duncan story. > Avoiding the political and sensitive issues, the basic question is: > were the Nikon lenses then better (please define"better") than > contemporary lenses from Leica or Zeiss. Much discussion followed, > none conclusive. The simple act of testing these lenses would have > solved the issue. So that is what I am going to do. Next week there > is a major Nikon gathering in Rotterdam (Tom A will be there too) and > I will ask some collectors to lend me the DDD lenses. I will then > test them according to my normal procedure and that at least would > give me any reliable info. (snip)> > Erwin > ############# Erwin, I am looking forward to reading your tests because, as I wrote before, the DDD story intrigues me. BTW DDD is still alive in the south of France. An interview of this guilty person ;-) would be interesting.