Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A VERY important point, Eric. For all the babble about Leica glass, and how people can spot Leica slides on a light box and yadah, yadah, yadah, I think it really comes down to how the particular camera enhances, or doesn't enhance, your shooting style and vision. The truth is that any of us shooting hand held, particularly those of us shooting black and white at high iso, are in no way getting every bit of benefit out of Leica glass, or any good glass for that matter. Canon makes some terrific lenses. Nikon makes some terrific lenses. Hell, Olympus makes some terrific lenses. ;-) And in very very few cases can anyone tell the difference between the images shot with those different lenses if they are used under real-life, handheld conditions. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:58 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: Canon digital equivalent to R7 and 100mm APO? Eric: >What lenses come close to leica performace? > >Or is this all blasphemy? I have both the Canon EF 50/1.4 & 85/1.8. Which come close to Leica? Depends on your work flow. I scan my negatives and then work with the digital files for output. Perhaps if I used a drum scanner, I could see more difference, but at a mere 4000 dpi, the scanner can't capture all the resolution that either my Canon or Leica lenses can. In my workflow, my scanner is the great equalizer. That said, at the end of day looking back, when I select the favorite images from my body of work, the Leica ones are usually the front runners. Has nothing to do with performance of the lens. Probably more the mindset I'm in when using my Leica. -- Eric http://canid.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information