Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How old is your Nikon lens. The Leica APO is the latest and the greatest so testing it against an gold lens is not comparable. - --- darrell_jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com> wrote: > I had never really done a direct comparison of these > lenses since I > rarely use the Nikon system any more, but I happened > to have some > Kodak Royal Gold film to shoot pre prom shots for my > son and his date > (I almost never shoot color print film). I loaded > up my M6TTL and > used the 90 APO, and then shot the same location, > same pose with a > Nikon F2 with the 105mm Nikkor. They were processed > at the same time > at the same lab. > > WOW! I wish I had a scanner to show you the > difference. Even in a > 4X6 there is no comparison. The 90 APO is MUCH > sharper, and more > natural skin tones. The comparison would be about > the same as taking > the Nikon up against an APS format camera. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html