Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/12

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Subject: [Leica] 19mm Elmarit-R current vs. Vario-Elmar 35-70/ f/3.5. Is the 19 so much better, as it would appear?
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Aug 12 04:14:04 2005
References: <200508112223.j7BMJilF065173@server1.waverley.reid.org> <01ea01c59eee$b94b92f0$6501a8c0@KRIEGERLPT>
 
At 11:34 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote:
>This morning I went out and photographed people at bus-stops using the
>Vario-Elmar (35-70, f/3.5,German), mostly set at 70mm. Then later in the day
>I photographed some street scenes using the 19mmElmarit-R, current,  f/2.8.
>Looking at my transparencies, I find that the quality of the faces (all
>quite small, due to distance) is much better in the Elmarit images than in
>the Vario-Elmar's.
>Martin

I almost always get better results with fixed lenses than with zooms.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com
In reply to: Message from krieger at usc.edu (Martin Krieger) ([Leica] 19mm Elmarit-R current vs. Vario-Elmar 35-70/ f/3.5. Is the 19 so much better, as it would appear?)