Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've become exceedingly fond of the Contax G 90/2.8 Sonnar, which, whatever its hybrid national origins, is as good a lens as I own. The bokeh is, to my mind, elegant--not quite up to the Noctilux or the 75 Summilux--but then, what is? Still a very fine lens. One example of its "throw" is at: http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown/photography/honored_dead/young_confe derates.htm Chandos At 01:54 PM 05/29/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Anyway, not to start a holy war, but I'd love to hear considered opinions >on the relative merits of both lines. The tale of the tape is not very >telling -- depending upon who's reading the MTF charts (photodo or Erwin), >Zeiss edges out Leica or Leica edges out Zeiss. But the lenses do throw >quite different images.