Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc- NOT to start anything, but how do those Kodak lenses, which are found in a slew of still operation cameras, standup by today's optical standards. Not necessarilly when compared to the latest generation of Leica lenses, but when compared to the average lens in their focal length? B. D. Marc James Small wrote: > > At 02:58 PM 9/4/01 -0400, Wang, Albert wrote: > >So guys, what do you think about the relative comparison between the > >Americans' ability vs. the German's ability to produce the highest quality > >optical lens during the 1940's? I am not technically proficient so I can't > >comment about lens tests this guy claims to have performed. Is it believable > >that Kodak could have done a much better optical job than Leica did? > > Most Leitz lenses were on the mediocre side into the 1950's -- the 3.5/5cm > Elmar, 2/5cm Summitar and 4/9cm Elmar are really the only truly competitive > lenses produced by Leitz prior to the introduction of the 2/5cm Summicron > in 1954. After that, there are a slew of fine designs which just go on > getting better thereafter. > > But, in 1939 or 1946, yes, Kodak made outstanding lenses which often > outshone Leitz' products. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!