Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm pretty sure an ex-LUGger (and a damned fine photographer) used to do that and posted photos from his E-1 and 4/3 lens and claimed it's the Noctilux or something and no one questioned him :-) On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > You could have told a little white lie and said it was taken with a 28 > Elmarit and nothing bad about the image capability of the Perar would > have been said... > Kind of placebo affect. > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:44:13 -0800 > Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > > Thanks. I usually don't mention the gears used per se. on my photos, > > so now that I am reasonably happy with the image quality, it probably > > won't get mentioned much :-) > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Richard, > > > I think the shots look pretty good. I think we can all be a little > > > too critical at times. An interesting experiment to try would be > > > to post some more pictures in a little while and not mention the > > > lenses used... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Pope, > > > Swindon, Wilts > > > UK > > > > > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > > > Blog > > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog> > > > Picture a week (2012) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > > > index.php?gallery=paw/2012< > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2012> > > > Picture a week (2010) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > > > index.php?gallery=paw/2010< > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010> > > > Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > > > index.php?gallery=paw/2009< > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009> > > > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > > > index.php?gallery=paw/2008< > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008> > > > > > > > > > On 26/02/2012 04:53, Richard Man wrote: > > > > > >> Took the Perar 28 for a bike ride to downtown. Totally disgusted > > >> at Larry Page new mansion - a 3 story thing that will dwarf even > > >> the big houses around it. > > >> > > >> Anyway, back to the Perar 28. Mark is right in the sense that the > > >> out of focus area, particularly close to the corners, the OoF > > >> image just sort of have a shear look to them. I am sure there's a > > >> technical term for this type > > >> of aberration. This is a bit unusual lens for me as I mostly have > > >> late versions of sharp lens, e.g. 50 'lux ASPH, 35 'lux ASPH, 85/2 > > >> Sonnar, 25 ZM > > >> etc. and of course the XPan lens are also without peer. > > >> > > >> So the question is, does the rest of the image quality and the size > > >> advantage compensates for this flaw? You be the judge: > > >> > > >> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/Perar28/< > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/Perar28/> > > >> > > >> Still not a whole lot of processing, but I did fix some vignetting > > >> using LR. One thing about the Perar is that it is quite sharp at > > >> the focused area. Looking at these images, I am quite happy with > > >> them. The lens is tiny > > >> and is a joy to use. It's not for everybody but it works for me. > > >> If I am going out explicitly for shooting, then a better lens will > > >> be warranted but > > >> for the "always have a camera with you" situation, it works quite > > >> well enough. If you use it on one of the mirrorless cameras with > > >> smaller sensor, > > >> then even the corner performance is not going to be an issue. > > >> > > >> The Perar 35 does not have this issue and I think is optically > > >> superior. However, the handling is not as nice as the Perar 28. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See > > > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > > > more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > philforrest.wordpress.com > gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>