Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What about out of focus image quality - as I dare not speak the B...(h) word ?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> To: "CVUG" <cvug@cameraquest.org>; "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Cc: <leica@freelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:05 AM Subject: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica > > The January 2005 _Asahi Camera__ compares the new 25/28/35/50mm > Zeiss-Ikon lenses against their Leica equivalents (ASPH when possible). > In the shootout, which I was reading while browsing through a bookstore, > the ZI lenses come out as equivalent in flare tolerance (both the ZIs and > ASPHs were basically flare free); the ZIs were basically the same in > sharpness and color temperature; and I think the 50 Planar was just a tad > less contrasty which the reviewer thought gave better shadow depth. > > I'm in the middle of moving so I can't give a full report, maybe Roger, > Peter or one of the other Japan residents can fill in the details. > > Karen > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information