Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I bought my aspheric, I ended up keeping my pre-asph version as well. It is too nice a lenes to get rid of. And the glow that people either love or hate disappears when I stop mine down by 1 stop. Even stopped down by only half a stop seems to eliminate much of the aberations visible wide open. At "normal" shooting apertures such as f8 it is as sharp as a tack. Dan C. At 10:55 AM 07-02-00 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote: >John - Don't get me wrong either...the pre-ASPH is a hell of a lens - and >the proof is in the fact that it captured many of the great images of the >Vietnam era...It's still a great lens, for size and glow if nothing >else...The two advantages of the ASPH are sharpness, which is not to be >believed, and virtual freedom from flare....I too, if I could, would own >both versions...but, alas, I can't afford too...I can barely afford >one...;-) >