Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] comparison of Hologon and Heliar lenses
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:54:42 -0400

At 11:14 AM 9/14/1999 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>I've just posted a comparison of the Zeiss Hologon 16 and Voigtlander 
>Heliar Aspheric 15 lenses. It's a casual comparison, trying to see 
>whether I could tell the lenses apart given an average film and shooting 
>scenario. 
>

Godfrey

Most interesting.  However, the Hologon is designed to be used at f/16 with
the filter.  As you left this off, it sort of renders the test invalid.
That is, the filter -- which obviates vignetting -- is intended to be an
integral part of the system.

Marc

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