[Leica] IMG:Test of six 50's

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

If I ran the test at f5.6, you would have a problem seeing the  
difference between the Summitar and the current Summicron. The  
Summitar is very nice.

Len


On May 12, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> The bottom two are pretty poor, I assume due to the maze and  
> cleaning marks.
> The Hexanon and Summitar hold up well.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
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> Leonard
> Taupier
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:59 AM
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG:Test of six 50's
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> I just made a composite photo of the same section of six photos taken
> with six different Leica M and LTM lenses on my M8.
>  From top to bottom the photo strips represent shots taken with the
> following lenses at f2 only. All of the lenses had their lens hoods
> attached.
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> Leica Summilux ASPH (current)
>
> Leica Summicron (current)
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> Konica Hexanon (last current)
>
> Leica Summitar (very slight haze at edges, coating very good)
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> Leica Summicron ( slight haze, slight cleaning marks)
>
> Leica Summarit ( very slight haze, very slight cleaning marks)
>
> I rank the order of the lenses with best on top. The top 3 are much
> better then the bottom 3 for resolution. Of the bottom 3 the Summitar
> has the best contrast, the Summicron coll the best resolution.
>
> You can judge for yourself.
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> http://tinyurl.com/2xdfyt
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> Len
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