Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Holy Wars Redux: Leica vs. Zeiss (long)
From: Chandos Brown <cmbrow@wm.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 14:48:23 -0400
References: <200005290701.AAA05134@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

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.