Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photodo ratings for 35mm Summilux -MASPH and 50mm Summilux-M
From: David Rodgers <drodgers@swiftnet.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:08:08 -0800
References: <20011101034716.44206.qmail@web9101.mail.yahoo.com>

Nathan,

What's insane is for any body to try to make too much out of a bench test. 
Especially when, as you say, we know little or nothing about the criteria 
behind it. Better to shoot film, or to ask photographers who have actually 
used various lenses. That to me holds far more credibility.

Dave

At 05:50 AM 11/1/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Ray,
>
>It is impossible to evaluate test results unless you know the criteria
>used. On the face of it, rating the 50mm higher than the 35mm seems insane.
>I have both of these lenses. The 35mm is clearly better than the 50mm in
>terms of sharpness, detail, flare suppresion. This is not to say that the
>50mm is bad, it is outstanding, but the 35mm is even more outstanding. If
>Photodo gets an opposite result, then I can only conclude that either their
>methodology is flawed or someone made a mistake reporting the results.
>
>Nathan

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In reply to: Message from Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com> ([Leica] Photodo ratings for 35mm Summilux -MASPH and 50mm Summilux-M)