Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Macro-Micro Stuff
From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:49:49 -0500

Thanks for the explanation, Don. So I should stop baiting the R users, 
huh?

:)

Allan


On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 09:44 AM, Don Dory wrote:
> Allan, I have both lenses and yes, the Canon 100 is a very nice lens 
> indeed.
> The difference is in the very fine to extreme fine detail.  The Canon 
> 100
> has a higher contrast in the 10 to 20 cycles region so when there are 
> edges
> in the image the perceived sharpness goes way up, this is much like a 
> high
> adjuvancy developer.
>
> The Leica 60 and 100 especially pick up very fine detail(40 cycles and
> higher) even in very even light.  For example, imagine a newly opened 
> rose
> bud.  The Canon will pick  up the edge of the petals and you will see 
> some
> intimation of the veining in the petal but in the Leitz glass you will 
> see
> the soft velvet of the texture of the petals.  Assuming good technique 
> and
> slower, finer grained film.
>
> This same analogy applies to the new versus old Leitz lenses.  The older
> lenses gave good edge sharpness so for example eyelashes looked crisp.  
> The
> new designs let you see the clumping of the mascara, the fine lines and
> veins in the eye lid, and texture in the shadows even when you are 
> blowing
> out the highlights.  Some prefer the old lenses as the transition to 
> OOF was
> generally much smoother so it looked like more was sharp.
>
> Whether it is worth it to you to pay three times the price to get that 
> last
> 5% of what is in front of you is an artistic decision that no one else 
> can
> make for you.
>
> Now, can we stop playing my lens is better than your lens, and go out 
> and
> create art or at least memories?
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
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