Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. I usually don't mention the gears used per se. on my photos, so now that I am reasonably happy with the image quality, it probably won't get mentioned much :-) On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Richard, > I think the shots look pretty good. I think we can all be a little too > critical at times. An interesting experiment to try would be to post some > more pictures in a little while and not mention the lenses used... > > > > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog> > Picture a week (2012) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2012<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2012> > Picture a week (2010) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2010<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010> > Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2009<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009> > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2008<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008> > > > On 26/02/2012 04:53, Richard Man wrote: > >> Took the Perar 28 for a bike ride to downtown. Totally disgusted at Larry >> Page new mansion - a 3 story thing that will dwarf even the big houses >> around it. >> >> Anyway, back to the Perar 28. Mark is right in the sense that the out of >> focus area, particularly close to the corners, the OoF image just sort of >> have a shear look to them. I am sure there's a technical term for this >> type >> of aberration. This is a bit unusual lens for me as I mostly have late >> versions of sharp lens, e.g. 50 'lux ASPH, 35 'lux ASPH, 85/2 Sonnar, 25 >> ZM >> etc. and of course the XPan lens are also without peer. >> >> So the question is, does the rest of the image quality and the size >> advantage compensates for this flaw? You be the judge: >> >> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/Perar28/<http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/Perar28/> >> >> Still not a whole lot of processing, but I did fix some vignetting using >> LR. One thing about the Perar is that it is quite sharp at the focused >> area. Looking at these images, I am quite happy with them. The lens is >> tiny >> and is a joy to use. It's not for everybody but it works for me. If I am >> going out explicitly for shooting, then a better lens will be warranted >> but >> for the "always have a camera with you" situation, it works quite well >> enough. If you use it on one of the mirrorless cameras with smaller >> sensor, >> then even the corner performance is not going to be an issue. >> >> The Perar 35 does not have this issue and I think is optically superior. >> However, the handling is not as nice as the Perar 28. >> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>