Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A few answers and clarifications David asked: Are the subject lenses all the latest Asph lenses? All lenses tested are latest versions, ASPH for Leica and the Ultron. If the rest have aspherical elements, that I do not know John Straus commented: Sounds surprising. For how often I hear the Lux get complained about for it's old design etc it would still take 2nd for quality...? Odd... - -- John Straus Chicago, IL It was not about quality, it was about price/quality relationship. As both Lux and Cron were of the highest quality, obviously the Cron would win the price/quality contest B D Colen wrote Well, there are two possibilities here - either they were testing the LuxASPH, or the test isn't worth a damn....and I have to say that the test sounds pretty poor anyway, as no 35 1.4 at 1.4 is going to do as well as a 35 2 at f2...or were they only comparing the lenses from f 2 onward. If that's the case, it's still a foolish test, because if you buy a 35 1.4 you - hopefully - buy it because you need the speed. So whether it performs quite as well at slower speeds as slower lenses becomes somewhat irrelivant. This is just what they said, buy a Lux only if you need the extra speed ( and have the cash), otherwise get the Cron. The graph shows that both lenses have the same resolution when they are fully open (Lux at 1,4 and Cron at 2.0). As resolution initially gets better when you close down, the Lux has a better resolution at 2.0 than Cron has at 2.0, but at 4.0 the two lenses are pretty close. The Lux has a little bit of distortion, but the Cron has none. The Lux showed very important vignetting at 1,4 but negliable (spelling?) at 4.0 For Cron it was visible at 2.0 and negliable at 4.0. ... and don't forget one is smaller than the other. But the pre-Asph is still smaller...... >Original Message: >----------------- >From: Christer Almqvist chris@almqvist.net >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:47:48 +0200 >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > >My favorite french photo mag RP's September issue appeared yesterday >and has a test of seven 35 mm rangefinder lenses. > >The highest score was awarded to the Summicron with a total of 88 out >of 100. Nine of the twelve points lost were lost on price/quality >relation. Quality was found to be outstanding, it was just that the >price was too high > >Second was Konica Hexanon with Zeiss Planar a close third, partly due >to a good price/quality relation where they only lost five and four >points respectively. Summilux was fourth, with eleven points lost due >to its high price. Disregarding the price/quality rating, Summicron >would still be placed before Summilux which would then be second >overall. > >Voigtlaenders scored less well but the Skopar Pan lost only three >points on price/quality relationship. > >As usual, a well balanced issue (analog-digital-pratical-esthetical) >with lots on information on exhibitions and devoting a large section >to panoramic cameras. >-- >Christer Almqvist >D 20255 Hamburg and / or >F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer >http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web - Check your email from the web at >http://mail2web.com/ . > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html