Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/09

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Subject: [Leica] Re:News of BD
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon Apr 9 03:17:04 2007
References: <C1E557CA-1BD0-463E-80D8-DE6BAC94483A@mac.com> <6A946542-EE49-4585-8ECF-7F1FEDE9335C@earthlink.net> <39B58709-8009-42E7-AEF5-AE3FB98B4ECA@ciudad.com.ar>

I suspect the well known sample variation may be in play here.  
Whatever you have the 35 f1.4 will be better at f1.4 than the 17-35mm  
f4 :-) which is 3 stops slower, high iso lifeboat to the rescue!

:-)


On 9 Apr, 2007, at 05:30, Eduardo Albesi wrote:

> Same experience here with Canon lenses. Both my old 20-35/2.8L and  
> 17-35/2.8L produce consistently much better images than the 20/2.8  
> and 35/2 primes, and just a tad better than the 35/1.4L and 24/2.8.  
> The 28/2.8 maybe the cheaper lens in that focal length range, gives  
> about the same quality of the L zooms.
>
> Ed
> El 09/04/2007, a las 01:15, Will von Dauster escribi?:
>
>> On Apr 8, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Robert Schneider wrote:
>>
>>> As is comparing Leica primes to a Canon zoom.  Granted, Canon has  
>>> more than a few primes that can be considered underachievers, but  
>>> all of their primes will test better than a zoom covering the  
>>> same focal length.
>>
>> Actually, I find the 17-40mm f4L produces a better image at 20mm  
>> than the 20mm 2.8 "prime."
>>
>> Though I'm also waiting a little while for the teething problems  
>> to abate before plunking 5K down for an M8.
>>
>> Will von Dauster
>>
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Replies: Reply from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] Re:News of BD)
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Message from vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster) ([Leica] Re:News of BD)
Message from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] Re:News of BD)