Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:29:40 -0500

on 8/15/02 5:49 PM, bdcolen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

> 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.

I thought these were all 50's :)

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