Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry Kopitnik wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>> > It has been repeated so often, that at 5.6 all current and > well corrected lenses perform very well and whatever differences in fine > detail rendition and micro contrast are available, the handheld shooting, by > vibration and focusing inaccuracy will degrade these differences. > <<<<<<<<<< > > So if I shoot most often around f/5.6 or so, and I shoot probably 90% > of the time handheld -- and this is how I shoot, by the way -- there > is little to no meaningful optical advantage to my using Leica lenses > over other top brands. At least that's how I'm interpreting the > above. Am I interpreting correctly? > > Larry "Little" is a big word, Larry! Usually we do what we usually do, sometimes we don't: Sometimes we have to shoot wide open. Sometimes we blow up our negs to a much larger size. Sometimes our pictures are done in strongly back lit or demandingly contrasty situations. It's the exceptions that count when one deals with a premium product in my book. Markwr