Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:30 AM 10/18/96 EST, you wrote: >Both lenses get high marks on the optical bench as well as >in real-world situations, but the tester(s) point out that >"a handful of Japanese 50mm lenses for SLRs actually edge >them out. What really matters is that the Summicron-M and the >Elmar-M are top-level performers and among the best lenses >that can be fitted to an M-series Leica." Pop Photo tests are worthless. They consistently get it wrong. They don't' design lenses, and they have advertisers to make happy. BAS tests are much more reliable and consistent with what I hear people saying from using lenses in the real world. =========== Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR Everyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his ideas closer together.