Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite so, but have you noticed how huge they are? I seem to remember an interview with a Leica lens designer who said they it was relatively easy to get excellent performance from a lens if size and weight are not constrained. At the time he was talking about the difficulty of producing excellent lenses for the M without blocking the viewfinder and that the R lenses were easier. Those new super lenses (Zeiss and the Sigma 35 and 50) are huge and very heavy. I fear they have been encouraged by pixel peeping 100% digital files on computer screens and typical internet discussions thereof, rather than producing better prints. FD >________________________________ > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2014, 18:25 >Subject: Re: [Leica] A comparative test of 50mm lenses, including four of >our collective faves, with hard numbers > > >To me the surprise is the Sigma, without a doubt. AP also rated it >extremely high, calling it the best SLR 50mm available. I think it (and >it's 35mm f1.4 sibling) is the portent of things to come - very high >quality lenses at comparitively affordable prices... >Cheers >Jayanand > >Sent from my iPad > >> On 14-Jun-2014, at 10:26 pm, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: >> >> [a re-send of something I tried to share while the saloon was boarded up] >> >> Roger at Lensrentals continues to do good stuff while playing with his >> new testing equipment. >> >> Spoiler alert: the 50mm APO Summicron really is good, just like we >> thought. >> >> http://blog.lensrentals.com/blog/2014/06/comparing-rangefinder-and-slr-50mm-lenses-version-0-7 >> >> -Jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >