Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Roark wrote: ><Snip> t (e.g., Slik 800) tripod to give top resolution. > > My question to the Leica experts (there must be a few sharpness freaks in > this group): Is the Leica shutter smooth enough to give top resolution > with a 90 mm (or even 75) lens, shooting both horizontally and vertically, > on a light (less than 3 lb. total, including head) tripod, at all speeds? > I'd consider 90 lines per millimeter, in both the horizontal and vertical > sets of resolution lines on a test chart to be the minimum one should > expect at f 8 from a good lens with the camera on a tripod that is capable > of controlling the vibration from the system. (If the answer is "no," > those of you who like to shoot landscapes and travel light ought to take a > look at a good Rollei TLR.) > > Paul Roark > http://www.silcom.com/~proark/photos.html I think in the Leica system the cloth shutter is famous for it's smoothness- tweeted for decades. The price we pay for a low sync speed is ultra smoothness. I have done much work with Leica's 90 Elmarit and brand new 135 APO whatever and I find shooting telephoto with Leica's a viable and excellent experience. I won't claim to have done sophisticated testing with slower films yet though. I doubt you will be disappointed with your longer lens results from you Leica. Lots of people think of a 50 as a long lens for a Leica (M) and I sometimes see their point. And the longer lens are quite a bit heavier than most of the shorter ones. It's awful nice to not have to lock up a mirror and just shoot. And I am also a big shooter with my Rolleiflex 2.8 f. Mark Rabiner