Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: None of the things you mentioned have anything at all to do with the lens used. Brightness range, exposure and development are your culprits. Walt David Rodgers wrote: >I always felt that the less effort it took to make a good print -- i.e. >the less burning, dodging or darkroom magic -- the better the lens used >to capture the image. It may sound silly but I put more stock in that >than MTF charts and published tests, because I experienced trends that >held true. Some lenses were easier to print than others. This is the >list of the very best: > >1) 50/2 Summicron (M but not R) >2) 50/1.4 Zeiss Planar in C/Y mount. >3) 28/2.8 Elmarit (both M and R) > >These four lenses always amazed me at just how remarkably they performed >under various apertures and in all types of lighting. As such, I'm very >curious about the 50/2 ZM Planar. > >daveR > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jayanand Govindaraj [mailto:jgovindaraj@eth.net] >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:14 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50? > >Mark, >You must be joking!! > >B&H prices: > >50mm f1.4AIS Nikkor is US$300 US Guarantee.(ithe AF version will be >cheaper) >50mm Summicron-M is US$1495 US Guarantee. > >Cheers >Jayanand > > > > >Mark Langer wrote: > > > >>In that case, I'm surprised that the ubiquitous Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 >>hasn't >>come up, which is a lot of lens for the money. Or the Nikkor 50mm >> >> >f1.4, > > >>although with that lens you are getting into the Summicron price >> >> >range. > > >>On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>>I laid out the criteria in the original email posting. I guess I was >>>looking for "best" as the one lens that could be the best compromise >>> >>> >of > > >>>features, like D76 and Tri-X, rather than the best at doing one >>> >>> >thing. > > >>>-- >>>Jeffery >>> >>>- >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > >