Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well wow, did you notice that this is pretty much a photo finish across the board ( no pun intended). Why don't we all go shoot some film and not worry so about something that we have "No" control over. Don't we ever get tired of this "My Daddy can beat up yours". Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dante A. Stella <dante@umich.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 mm f/1.4 > > SUCKAAAAZ. > > Has a single person noticed that the Nikon lens is a Series E 50/1.8 and not > an AIS 1.4? Perhaps the devil is in the details.The Nikon has only marginally > less performance at center wide open and marginally less corner performance at > f/5.6. And this is Nikon's cheapest 50mm ever. If I were Leitz, I would have > been a little embarrassed. > > Who here gets as much as 50lp/mm from his system? If you can't clear this > hurdle, all bets are off - since you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in > practice between any of these. > > Dante > > 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...)? >