Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Benjamin, I have both lenses. The Summicron has sharp detail surrounded by a ring of softness until F4 by which time is it sharpens up, although contrast never gets high at any aperture. The Elmarit is sharp wide open throughout the center two thirds of the image and is sharp across the field by F4. Contrast for the Elmarit is moderately high wide open to very high by 5.6. Choose your lens by the effect you want on the film or sensor. Personally, I use the elmarit most of the time. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/23/07, Benjamin Marks <benmarks2005@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anyone have a view on the image quality of these two R lenses? Price > differential (used) these days between the two seems like on the order of > USD$100/150. Is the Summicron the same image quality at one stop faster > or > are there substantive differences between the way these lenes render the > world? > > Thanks, > > Ben Marks > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >