Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well on the 200/4 'astounding' front, I guess that word applies to my reaction to it since I too got it for about $50 and, unlike Nikon's faster 200's, I'd never heard boo said about it or read boo written about it. It has a very rich treatment of color and if you take a picture of some trees a hundred or more yards away you can count the leaves and tell which ones are younger. So it astounded *me* at least. On the 105/2.5 I was quite surprised that it looked better than the Elmarit 90. I intend to repeat the test and also to take a light to the inside of the Elmarit to see if there's some otherwise invisible haze or something. At 200 and 400 percent the differences were almost radical. Now what I failed to say but that must be a factor is that the Nikon was on my D40x and the Elmarit on the G1. The comparative crop sizes then are 180 for the Elmarit and almost 160 for the 105. The G1 sensor is 12MP and Nikon is 10, on a larger sensor. I don't know enough about sensor technology or the ways the different cameras process the images to make any determination of whether, or how, those things factor into the outcome. But whatever advantage the Nikon has for being larger one would think G1 makes up for being far newer. And yeah, one gets a little ga-ga this time of year around the university. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:31 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > > > Vince, > > > > While I agree the Nikon 105/2.5 is a great lens, I had one many years > ago, > > and certainly better than the 90 Elmar C, it does not outperform the 90 > > Elmarit R, imho. > > > > Gene, Vince is an Academic; it is late in the semester. They don't get out > much this time of year. > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >