Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ray Moth wrote: >>I was quite surprised to see that Photodo - link > http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/leicam.shtml#LeicaM - rates the 35mm > Summilux ASPH as the worst M lens they have ever tested, with an overall rating of only 3.8.<<<<<< Ray old buddy, I'd not give this testing nonsense an eye lash width of attention simply because these people are all bench testy touchy people who don't read the remarks of users on the streets like many here on the LEG or LUG, nor the many hundreds of others who take real time pictures with the lens used in both an amateur and professional capacity day to day. It's test bench stuff silliness and has absolutely no relevance to users and their day to day results! Why you even mentioned the LEG archives and the positive comments found there of users in the group, everyone, well pretty close I imagine, feel the lens is a cracker jack for cutting images on film. I've been using the 35mm Summilux 1.4 since it's conception and of late have been using along side it, the ASPH 35mm Summilux 1.4 and I see the differences without question. However, this doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the non-Aspheric 35 1.4, it's just the look is different. For some the bonus of the ASPH is that it cuts sharper negs and it looks sharper and crisper, however that's mainly wide open a 1.4, after that the older version hangs on extremely well in image quality with a different "old world glow" at 1.4. On occasion I like that look, although I never knew what the hell it was until joining the LUG and LEG, I just knew I liked how the prints looked at 16X20. This testing BS has never been of any interest to me at any time in my career, as my parameters have always been simple, aperture, the fastest possible, how close it'll focus and that it stays together while being used by a professional photographer in the many venues of life on a day to day basis. The rest is merely poppy cock BS ! Of course this is one of my usual candid opinions offered freely about the techie number stuff! ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html