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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 mm f/1.4
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:50:38 -0700
 
The E lenses are wonderful performers optically with inexpensive mounts.
Many pros used to carry the 75-150E lens as it was much sharper than the
regular 80-200 Nikkor.

John Collier

> From: "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu>
> 
> 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.