Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 90mm 2 vs 90mm 2 ASPH
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 00:05:48 -0700

At 12:12 AM -0400 7/8/00, Jlaird@aol.com wrote:
>I was using a freind's late model (circa 1995) 90mm 2 Summicron recently and
>noticed quite a bit of ghosting in shots with the sun in the frame. Is the
>new 90mm ASPH better in this respect? I'm thinking of getting a 90 in the
>near future and would appreciate any comments from those of you who have one
>of the new ASPH models.
>
>Jim

Yes. The new 90 is a lot better. Better flare control, better eveness of
illumination, and for all practical purposes, the same level of resolution
and contrast at all (the wider) apertures. The highest performance medium
tele I've tried.

...limited only by the user...

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