Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a few on my flash gallery, but I will upload some in the next couple days for you to check out. For my needs, it's a much better lens than the 90/2 AA, but I will need to keep the 75 lux for portrait work :-) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > >I had a 90/2 AA once (this 85/2 is > >a replacement), and I don't recall it being this sharp at this close > >distance (5 feet). > > The 90 AA is a fairly simple design. Inside 2m focus distance its > performance drops noticeably, particularly wide open. The Zeiss 85 is > a much more recent design and has a floating element, like the Leica > 75/2, to improve close-distance performance. Can you post some photos > from the 85 Richard? I'm interested to see what photos from it look > like. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]