Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> You must have missed Erwin Puts' commentary on this. He thinks that retrofocus lenses have far greater aberration-correction potential than symmetrical lenses do. > It's hard to believe that the Canon 35mm f/1.4 is better wide open than the > 35mm Summilux f/1.4. The Summilux can hang it's rear element as close to the > focal plane as it likes, the Canon can't. This restriction cannot make for a > sharper lens. Assuming both lenses were designed to deliver maximum > performance, cost no object, the Leica lens, with fewer design restrictions, > has got to be better. > - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dante Stella http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante