Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some people seem to think that they can demonstrate the quality of a lens by photos posted on the Internet. While one may be able to tell the difference between a disposable camera and a current generation Summicron 50 2.0, it is simply not possible to distinguish between higher quality lenses by this method. This is not to say that it is not interesting to see posted photos. Such photos are often very interesting and can tell a lot about the style of the photographer and the subject. Such photos, however cannot distinguish between a current generation Leica lens and a 30 year old Minolta consumer grade lens. Both will look the same. When people seriously discuss the differences among reasonable quality lenses, the differences are actually very small. These differences are much smaller than the resolution ability of posted photos / monitors. Keep posing those photos. I love to look at them. But do not think that they prove the quality of a lens. They don't. Tom Shea