Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]pixel peeping and 12x loupe peeping and 16 x 20 and larger is where the real fun begins (especially if it's a photograph we really enjoy looking at) this is where the distance between us gets in the way - what fun it would be to have a big shoot out with our big fancy guns all pointed at the same target and big calibrated monitors to look at the results all of us standing around saying things like, "oh I now see what Doug meant about the apo-telyt; and oh yeah I now see what Chris meant by 36,000 is the new 400; and yeah Jayanand was right about the N 85 1.4 looking as good or better than 80 lux; but not so right about the N 180 2.8 up against the 180 apo elmarit." However, the best we can do without getting together would be to say, "photograph a human face in sunlight at 3 paces with your 180 2.8 and I'll do the same." We'll submit them at 100% and see what we see. or we could just use the time to photograph what we love with equipment we enjoy using ;~) Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jan 13, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Doug, > I have your prints made with Leica, I have John Shaw's prints made > with > Nikon, and I have Art Morris' prints made with Canon, and I cant > tell the > difference at the A3-A4 sizes, I really dont understand how anybody > can, > except by pixel peeping. I think you just use what suits you in > handling - > the results are pretty much the same. As far as Nikon lenses go (I > know > nothing about Canon), I think the following would be very close to > or exceed > Leica R standards, comparing like to like: > > 1. 85mm f1.4 > 2. 180mm f2.8 > 3. Recent lenses in the 70/80-200 zoom range > 4. 200-400 f4 > 5. Most lenses over 300mm if they are stopped down to the Leica R > equivalent