Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, there are two possibilities here - either they were testing the LuxASPH, or the test isn't worth a damn....and I have to say that the test sounds pretty poor anyway, as no 35 1.4 at 1.4 is going to do as well as a 35 2 at f2...or were they only comparing the lenses from f 2 onward. If that's the case, it's still a foolish test, because if you buy a 35 1.4 you - hopefully - buy it because you need the speed. So whether it performs quite as well at slower speeds as slower lenses becomes somewhat irrelivant. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rob Appleby Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result I suspicion he mean the new one... R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Straus" <Mail@SlideOne.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > on 8/15/02 3:47 PM, Christer Almqvist at chris@almqvist.net wrote: > > > Second was Konica Hexanon with Zeiss Planar a close third, partly > > due to a good price/quality relation where they only lost five and > > four points respectively. Summilux was fourth, with eleven points > > lost due to its high price. Disregarding the price/quality rating, > > Summicron would still be placed before Summilux which would then be > > second overall. > > Sounds surprising. For how often I hear the Lux get complained about > for it's old design etc it would still take 2nd for quality...? Odd... > -- > John Straus > Chicago, IL > http://SlideOne.com > http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom > ========================== > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html