Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, you are reading WAY more into my posts than I wrote. I never wrote that ALL non-Leica zooms are UNusable. You inserted the ALL and UN. This really is silly, and a watse of bandwidth. Over and out. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com on 3/16/05 2:15 PM, Daniel Ridings at daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no wrote: > You said it yourself, Doug. It's silly because they are not unusable, > contrary to your original statment. > > If I were to follow your logic, all zooms are unusable (which I happen > to think they are, unless they have a maximum aperture of at least 2.8. > Anything slower is unusable, regardless of lack of light falloff or > fallout). > > Best, > Daniel > > Doug Herr wrote: >> on 3/15/05 11:59 PM, Daniel Ridings at daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Doug Herr wrote: >>> >>>> and >>>> unlike many of the competitors' zoom lenses the Leica zooms are fully >>>> usable >>>> at maximum aperture. >>> >>> That was a silly remark, Doug. I guess Canon's lenses are unusuable at >>> maximum aperture, since I know that Nikkors are. Are there any other >>> competitors. >>> >> >> >> Daniel, >> >> Many comparison tests have shown that C and N zooms, for example 80-200 >> f/2.8 types, have significantly more light fall-off and flare at maximum >> aperture along with less-than-optimum image detail. That's not the same >> as >> unusable, it means that their use is restricted at maximum aperture unless >> you are willing to accept these optical artifacts. The same tests show >> far >> fewer optical artifacts in the Leica 70-180 APO. Why is this silly? >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information