Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Personally I don't care too much for the FLE. I cannot figure why Hasselblad cannot design an internal mechanism to change the floating elements based on the focusing distance instead of forcing the photographer to do it. I don't know about others, I quite often shoot with this lens handheld, and more often than not, forgot to adjust the floating after focusing. But then, I never notice inferior quality afterwards if I haven't adjusted the float, other than playing games in my own mind. - --- Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> wrote: > At 08:26 AM 2/10/02 -0500, Doug Nygren wrote: > >The other day I looked at an older 70s vintage 50 > mm Zeiss lens for a > >Hasselblad. > > > >How does this lens compare with the new FLE 50 mm. > > > >I use Leica M lenses of older vintage and like > them, though I know their > >more recent versions are even better. For example, > I enjoy my 21 mm M > >lens though I know the 21 asypherical is even > better. > > > >Does anyone have any experience with the FLE > lenses? What's it like to > >have to set the floating element? If one doesn't > get the distance right, > >what happens to the image you take? It's clear that > this lens, let alone > >the camera itself, is not great for street > photography. > > Well, I'm not certain a lot of folks on the LUG > would agree that a lens > only a quarter of a century old was especially > "old"! > > The FLE Distagon offers slight but significant > advantages over the older > design, but, then, the older design is hardly a > slouch, either. It comes > down to money and how often you use the system. I > do not use my Hasselblad > gear all that often, being a Rolleiflex sort of guy, > so I'm content with a > straight 4/50 Distagon. But, if I used the > Hasselblad more, I'd upgrade to > a FLE lens. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html