Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What does it say about the 180 Telyt 3.4? Thanks. Also how do other Canon lenses fair in these tests? At 08:20 PM 22/05/96 -0400, you wrote: >Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: >> >> Leica-Users List Digest Tuesday, 21 May 1996 Volume 01 : Number 071 > >Achtung Leicaphiles! > >I just received the latest issue of Color Foto (6/96) which summarizes >their lens test results from the past several years and Leica lenses are >outstanding in their respective categories. > >The test summary lists the following categories: >uberragend - the absolute best(tops) >hervorragend - outstanding >sehr gut - very good > gut - good >brfriedigend - satisfactory >mangelhaft - poor > >other that the Canon 300mm f2.8 l USM the ONLY lenses rated uberragend >were Leica lenses including: > >Leica APO Summicron f2.0 180mm >Leica APO-Telyt-R f4.0 280mm >Leica APO-Telyt-R f2.8 280mm >Leica APO-Telyt-R f2.8 400mm > >The touted Leica Summilux-M Aspherical f1.4 35mm was rated hervorragend. >Most other tested Leica lenses were in the hervorragend category with >the exception of the Leica Super Elmarit-R f3.5 15mm which was rated gut >(good) the equal to Nikon with other manufacturers in the satisfactory >category. > >I hope this puts some of the latest posts regarding Leica lens testing >to rest. Color Foto does extensive MTF testing at diferent aperature in >addition to centering, distrotion, vignetting etc. > >Happy shooting. > >Paul T. Colluta >pcollura@epix.net >