Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/5/02 9:14 PM, Robert G. Stevens at robsteve@hfx.andara.com wrote: > The negatives were scanned with > no correction. These were all handheld, so make no great judgements > regarding the sharpness of the lenses. My preference is the 75mm > Summilux. The pose is better than the rest. The Noctilux just will not > focus close enough. The Tele-Elmarit is probably the sharpest and most > contrasty. > > These pictures are at the link below: > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/gordon_francis_stevens-6.htm > > A link to all three pictures in an 800x600 image: > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/lensTest.jpg > > For those with high speed internet, the tiff files are at: > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/90mmTele-Elmarit.tif > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/75mmSummilux.tif > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/NoctiluxAT1.4.tif Well I hate to judge things off of the net but the 90 & Nocti seem to have the best contrast, the 75 seems kind of flat. And users thoughts on what we see here? Can a contrast judgement be made from these? I'm interested because a 75 or 90 will most likely be my next focal length... - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html