Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well you can buy new and buy not so new. But with Leica gear you can also go with not so not so new. And not so not so not so new as they do go way back to the mid 20's and that stuff does still fit on the cameras (M9). I'm sure you've come upon some of Erwin Puts stuff in Leica searches and he talks about basic Leica optical generations. I think about four of them since the mid 20's when Leica glass was first put out there. So that would be it seems to me every twenty years. A Leitz lens from the 80's is a real step down optically from the cutting edge stuff coming out of Leica now. The specs certainly don't belie that. This would parallel the rest of optical knowledge if it was not for the fact that the stuff coming out of Leica now was not a good step head of most of everything else. Certainly Canon and Nikon. A good question would be would the previous generation of Leica glass compare directly to the present generation of Canon Nikon? And I think it can go either way. A 60's lens is certainly a generation back from an 80's Leica lens. And back and back and back to the roaring 20's. An uncoated lens is one of the first generations if not the first and is so far from the major leagues 2011 ballgame its not funny. Not that they're not fun to play with. One can say they are comparable yes comparably they are terrible compared to a modern effort from Leica. That's how comparable they are. Optical science has not stood still by a long shot!. But our urge to fondle nostalgia may grow. I love the old stuff too but my interest in serious image making I love more. Mark William Rabiner > From: Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:01:59 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The IIIF still works > > The "Leica Pocket Book" (7th Edition, Hove Collectors > Books) (http://www.hovebooks.com/) has the MTFs for a number of classic > as well as newer Leica lenses. I thought I might buy some used Leica lenses, > but after comparing most of the older MTFs with the newer optics, I decided to > buy new. Paul www.PaulRoark.com On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Mark > Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Depends on in which interesting way > you mean "as good" and "compares well". > If it means you can take a picture > of a tree and you can still tell its a > tree ?but it looks quaint in some way > you cant quite put your fingers one > then fine. In real terms like > resolution, acutance and contrast they are of > course worlds apart. > What > every old glass has is a distinctive artsy fingerprint usually a mark > of its > defects more than a distinctive product of something they may have > had going > then they don't have now. > Lets not deny the realities of the progress > optical craftsman have brought > us. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: > Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group > <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:03:34 -0400 >> To: Leica > Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The IIIF still > works >> >> That old lens produces images as good as those a modern lens > would. I have >> an ancient Rolleiflex, from 1938, that has an uncoated > Tessar, and its image >> quality always amazes me. It compares very well to > modern lenses. >> >> I like the "Look to mum" picture the best, captured the > moment perfectly! >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> > Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-486-2581 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com > ?My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My latest work! >> >> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan > on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 7/22/11 7:44 PM, "Lluis Ripoll" > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> With an old Elmar Nickel f 3.5 / 5 > cm and TMY 400 >>> >>> A look to Mum >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2010010228.jpg.html >>> >>> > Hands & Hair again >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2010010229.jpg.html >>> >>> > Three >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2010010231.jpg.html >>> >>> > Thanks for lookig, your c&c are welcome >>> >>> Saludos cordiales >>> > Lluis >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ >>> > http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll >>> Blog: >>> > http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. 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