Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank: Except for the rainbow edges to some parts of the pictures, the lighthouse for example, the Arsat is a very good value and new, it costs a tenth of the price of a used F-Distagon. You can see some of that aberration in 13x13" and larger prints. Especially when a horizon is in the photo. I have the TTL prism on the Kiev 60, it's not as accurate as the meter in the Rollei 6008i but yes, the 60 is inexpensive. If all you want is 6x6 shots then that Kiev would be a good choice. I've read too many unhappy comments about the Kiev 88 to get one of those. I have the F-Distagon on the Rollei so I have a 6x6 solution, but since I also have the Arsat I want to see what it'll do on the 4x5 format. > Is there something in the originals that I have missed in the WEB pictures? I don't understand your meaning in the above question. Jim Frank Filippone wrote: > Jim, thanks for posting.... From what I can see, the Arsat seems to have > done a good job....Did the Kiev hold out OK? It looks cheaper to buy a > Kiev > to hold the lens then to get the Arsat modified.... > > Is there something in the originals that I have missed in the WEB pictures? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of > Jim Hemenway > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:43 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Wanted to buy -cheap! > > > Hi Frank: > > You might possibly be interested in a comparison I made several months > ago between the Arsat and the Zeiss 30mm fisheye lenses: > http://209.197.89.228/ArsatDistagon/ > > Jim