Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] Sean Reid looks at fast lenses on the R-D1
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Thu May 12 05:36:14 2005
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Didier Ludwig wrote:

> I agree the article is very interesting, thanks for the link. Nothing 
> really new in the f1 to f1.5 sector, but it confirms once more the 
> superior sharpness of the 'Lux ASPH lenses wide open and in the corners; 
> with the 50 Nokton as runner-up and the old fast Canons as the masters 
> of softness and vignetting.

I'm not so sure this confirms what you are saying. Remember ... this was 
a test on a digital camera. There were no "corners" since the crop 
factor (smaller sensor) left them outside the frame.

Not that I'm disputing what you say about the Leica lenses, that they 
are best out in the corners, but this test doesn't prove it. Other tests do.

Daniel

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