Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/07

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Normal 50mm f/2 Planar T* ZM
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:54:48 -0400 (EDT)
 
Richard Man 

>How did it get from superiority of Leica glass to superiority of
>medium format vs. 35mm film format? :-)
>
>Of course medium format film > 35mm film. That's without dispute.

A 30x40 print made with Nikon lenses on film looks great until you compare 
it with something else.  Compare Galen Rowell's prints with prints made 
using better equipment and you'll see that from a technical POV Rowell's 
photos were not particularly good, so his prints by themselves don't 
illustrate the relative merits of the lenses he used.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Zeiss Normal 50mm f/2 Planar T* ZM)
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