Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 mm f/1.4
From: "Wilber Jeffcoat" <wilber@jeffcoatphotography.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:39:49 -0500
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010130130341.27101C-100000@matrix.binaryfaith.com>

Spoke with Leica rep this past summer. His comment was that there is "No"
difference between M and R glass. Said that is straight from Germany. This
should start world war three.
Cheers Wilber
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Cohen" <markc@binaryfaith.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 mm f/1.4


>
> 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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