[Leica] Mini MF Shoot Out

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Agree! Leica glass and now?Leica technology is in a class by itself; crazy 
to 
even try to compare it to C or?N IMO relative to quality of optics.

That said, the M9 lacks?certain functionality that I need for my landscapes 
based on the way I work, and the S2, though certainly in the cost range of 
high 
end MF backs, doesn't yet have the glass I need, even if I could afford it.

So the tools I have now work well enough. Would love to have the Leica 
smoothness?and perfection on the end of my camera as well?as in my camera, 
but 
it just isn't going to be.

So Canon, old Hassy glass and some 24 year old Schneider LF lenses will have 
to 
do. 

?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 8:10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Mini MF Shoot Out

Jayanand Govindaraj wrote (quoting the linked article):

>>>
"Will anyone flame me if I say the Leica is near perfect? You see, it kind
of is.? Put a 50mm? Summilux ASPH on an M9 on a tripod, focus carefully, and
*oh-my-gawd*. Aperture is largely irrelevant beyond depth of field."

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/2010_mini_medium_format_shoot_out.shtml

<<<

Not too surprising.? I get a similar *oh-my-gawd* response from others with 
the 
best of the DMR + 280 APO files, and I also feel that aperture is largely 
irrelevant beyond depth of field.? I'm not going to draw too many 
conclusions 
about the Canon in this comparison.? A representative sample can't possibly 
be 
that bad.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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