Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 16/3/00 1:37 pm, Chandos Michael Brown at cmbrow@mail.wm.edu wrote: > There appears to be extraordinary variability in Russar quality. As I > mentioned, I believe that I got one of the good ones. No way would I > describe its wide-open performance as "really terrible." If you had a bad > one, then the Heliar will look a lot better . . . Yeah... you're right. I just dev'd some 15 images and they're far better. All of the Russar lenses are renowned for their variability -- you REALLY should try before you buy IMHO. Wish I had. (The lens in now on sale at www.ffordes.co.uk BTW) - -- Johnny Deadman photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk