Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Allan, Harrison, This is one of the rare CDI test results that baffled me (I do agree to five stars for, e.g., 35/2M asph and 60/2.8R). At that time I used a Zeiss 35/2.8 along with the Elmarit and felt the Zeiss sharper. If memory serves CDI does not rate it five stars. My impression is just subjective and limited to happy shots with Neopan 400 and 20x30 cm prints..... I cannot tell much. ;-) Mikiro Strasbourg, Europe http://members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html - ----- At 6:21 AM +0200 21/5/99, Alan Ball wrote: >Harrison, Mikiro, > >While I have no direct experience of the Elmarit R 35mm, you might like to >read CdI's comment on it (dates back a few years): > >"The performances go right through the ceiling: very good sharpness in the >center at f2.8, excellent from there on! In the angles, good sharpness at >f2.8, very good from there on! Distortion is well contained (0.3 pct only). >Vignetting, visible at f2.8 (0.7 EV), very small at f4 (0.4 EV) and >negligible from there on. It is as good as the Summicron f2, built just as >nicely, and much less expensive: a bargain not to be missed! " The lens got >5 stars for its performances (4 for the summicron and 3 for the summilux). > >So, that looks like 'razor-sharp' to me. ;-) > >Alan