Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The duck is nice enough, but if you hand-held the camera, then you are not really conducting a lens test. To do that, you need a tripod. Or you can do like me, just go out and take pictures ;-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 16 Dec 2016, at 23:13, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > I have recently posted some images made with the post-war Russian Jupiter > 8, a Zeiss copy, and have had some favorable comments. I personally like > its images, and it is a very small package. Today, I decided to compare it > to other older 50s in my collection. I have no modern prime lenses in my > collection. > > I set up a porcelain Wood Duck near a window, so that I could shoot as I > normally do, hand-held at about 3 ft. The light required ISO 1000. I > shot two images with each lens at f/2.8. The collection included the > Jupiter 8, the Canon 50/1.4, the Leica Summitar, the Leica-R Summicron, > and the Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4. > > I processed the RAF files sparingly, to let the original files prevail. > Surprisingly, the Canon and the Summicron appeared the best. After a > little sharpening, I picked the Summicron-R as the winner, with the Canon > a close second. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leica+Summicron-R+50mm+2_0+Lens+at+2_8+Final.tif.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Canon+50mm+1_4+Lens+at+2_8+Final.tif.html > > Unfortunately, these are two of the largest, heaviest 50s in my > collection, so I may not make them my normal choice. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >