Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30
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Are they comparing the M lenses or R lenses.. Maybe its cause Im an M6
shooter, but I tend to believe that the M lenses are better than both the
R and Olympus.
- -Mark
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, allan burned wrote:
Hello luggers,
it turns out from "modern photographer" tests that the best ever 50 mm f/1.4
is an olympus OM!
Lens Resolution Resolution Distortion
Source
wide open at f/5.6 (pincushion
center corner center corner or barrel)
Zuiko 50/1.4 55 VG 49 Exc 69 VG 62 Exc 0.9% barrel MP 11/85
same 55 VG 49 Exc 69 VG 62 Exc 0.9% barrel MP 6/87
Canon 50/1.4 50 G 45 Exc 70 Exc 63 Exc 0.46% barrel MP 7/86
Nikon E 50/1.8 52 VG 33 VG 66 VG 46 G <1% MP 1/83
Leica 50/1.4 54 VG 38 Exc 76 Exc 48 G 0.47% barrel MP 9/87
Zeiss 50/1.4 45 G 40 Exc 72 Exc 64 Exc 0.92% barrel MP 1/88
what do you think of that (I'm sleepin' down at the landromat...)?
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