Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use and like the 2.0 35 mm lens. considering getting another 35 mm lens since I shoot with two Ms. I have to switch the 2.0 from one body to the other. Is the present 1.4 that much better than the pre asph 2.0? I reallly do like my present 2.0, sharp etc. Johnny Deadman wrote: > on 6/1/01 11:46 AM, Steve LeHuray at icommag@toad.net wrote: > > > That looks a bit better to my eye. My questions is (because I only use B&W > > with the 35/1.4) is the 35/1.4 ASPH that much better than the pre-ASPH at > > wide-open? I had always thought the biggest failing of the pre-ASPH was > > flare from bright light while shooting at 1.4. > > massively better. night and day > > the pre-asph did indeed flare like mad but also wide open it was *extremely* > soft. Nice pictorially in some circumstances but just no rendition of fine > detail whatsoever wide open. Technically I think a combination of coma and > spherical aberrations, 'classic' but sometimes frustrating. > > Much softer in my experience than say the 50/1.4 wide open. > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com