Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/17

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Subject: RE: Gauntlet revisited was: RE: [Leica] ...And lies there....
From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:25:05 -0500

Assuming the tests are accurate and comprehensive and that two lenses test
the same, one ought not see a noticible difference in a photo. OTOH if there
are *significant* differences between correctly performed tests one ought be
able to make a photo which exhibits a visible difference.

I stand firmly behind this statement.

If a lens tests "superior" then one expects that at least certain
photographs taken through the lens would have certain "superior"
characteristics, e.g. sharpness at the edges, reduced flare. One could of
course prefer a photo taken through an "inferior" lens, but thats not the
point, rather there would exist circumstances under which noticible
differences would exist.

Jonathan Borden

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>
> I don't think it was inferior and superior but Leica v. Another brand.  If
> you remember, some tests showed the 50mm F1.4 of other manufacturers to be
> superior to Leica.  So the question is, can one see any difference in a
> photo.
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> PK
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