Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:15 PM 12/31/97 -0500, you wrote: >Some ideas... > >1) Pop Photo's lens testing procedures are out-of-whack You could have stopped right there. This lens is very nice. I've used the Leica 90 Summicron R (better than the M), 90 Elmarit (older model and have seen pictures from the newer one - much better), the Nikkor AIS 85mm 1.4, Contax 85mm 1.4, Canon 85mm 1.8, Nikon 85mm 1.8, Nikon 80-200 2.8 AF-D, Canon 70-200 2.8 USM, and some others. So far with three days of preliminary tests with neg film and a high end scanner, the 75 Summilux is better than all of them, except the 90 Elmarit new. Pop Photo doesn't test for lens performance overall. Just for some target critereon that I have never found to be useful or accurate. I use lenses, and find out how they do in the real world. And I find life much more fun that way. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I used to have a handle on life, then it broke