Re: [Leica] Mr. Puts and Voigtlander

["Stephen A. Talesnick" <stephen@talesnick.com>]

WRONG STEPHEN, I am stephen@earthlink.net and have been for over 5 years.
Please have your stephen check with earthlink and get the correct address.
Thank you.  stephen@earthlink.net

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Cooper" <visigoth@echonyc.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] Mr. Puts and Voigtlander


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> I too have been studying Erwin Puts's reviews, and am intrigued by one
> statement.
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> "I also compared the Summilux 1.4/75, stopped down to 2,4 . Here the
> Summilux performs at ist personal optimum and we see exceedingly fine
> detail crisply rendered with high edge definition and contrast over the
> whole image field. The Color-Heliar is a strong performer in itself, but
> the 2.5 performance is below the level defined by the Summilux-M."
>
> Given that 2.4 is the optimum aperture for the Summilux, and that earlier
> in the review he specifies 5.6 as the optimum aperture for the
> Color-Heliar, this seems perhaps an unfair comparison.  I'd like to know
> two things:
>
> a) How do the two compare at 5.6?  (If you want a lens for low light, then
> of course you're going to have to shell out for the Summilux.  But if
> you're looking simply for an excellent short tele, this comparison is more
> interesting.)
>
> b) What does "below the level" mean?  Is the Color-Heliar close at
> 2.5?  Does the Summilux win be a hair, or is it a different level of
> performance altogether?  (Not many of us have 75mm Summiluxes to compare.)
>
> I am, by the way, extremely happy with the build quality of this new
> Cosina.  I have it in black, and it looks and feels lovely.  Have yet to
> process the first film shot with it.
>
>
> Douglas Cooper
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