Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin Puts wrote: > It is a > part of an ongoing research project into the optimal combination of Leica > lens quality and current BW-emulsions. It is still the case that BW is the > best medium for Leica quality, followed by slides and at at a large distance > colour neg film. As defined by what? System resolution? > Focus was the queation if a ISO100 or slower film shows significantly more > image quality than the higher speed fims. > Another myth went down. ???? Doesn't sound like it from your reported results. You write as if 100 is still the best material. > It is evident, that the finer points of the quality of Leica lenses are > mostly lost when using ISO speeds at 400 and over. What about losses at ISO 100 when people don't use glass negative carriers, fast enough shutter speeds, etc.? > The potential quality of the combo Leica and 100ISO BW will indeed intrude > into H'blad territory. And the potential quality of Leica + 400 ISO film will intrude into Canonet territory?! - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dante Stella http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante