Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it's 24-hours since I received a vote so I'll declare the poll over. 16 votes were cast 11 correctly identified the Leica optic and 5 did not. The Nikon was the top picture, the Leica was at the bottom. If you want a final look, the pictures are still on the website at: http://home/rochester.rr.com/prakel/LeiNik.htm Those voters who said they were just guessing in every case incorrectly chose the Nikon optic as a Leica. Of the five voters presenting an argument for their choice four chose correctly. One correspondent made me laugh out loud with his reply (I'm sure he won't mind me quoting anonymously) > The UPPER SNAPSHOT shows faint hints of astigmatism, poor contrast and > uncorrected coma in the field. From a completely unscientific view I > suspect it is the Nikon image. And worse, it was probably made off > tripod without benefit of mirror lock-up. > > On the other hand the LOWER IMAGE shows the unmistakable Leica signature > - crisp with hardly a hint of softness at the edges. Deeply saturated > colors and high contrast mark this image made by what is a landmark in > lens design for Leica and indeed the entire universe. And although it is > certainly a controversial subject, the bokeh exhibited in this image is > unmistakably that of Solms. > > PS. What brand of disposable camera did you really use? Another correspondent very perceptively pointed out that the picture differences were probably due to metering. Again I hope he doesn't mind my quoting his email anonymously: > No way I could say much regarding lens quality here either way! But the > bottom photo looks underexposed and I'd expect the Leica R4's automation to > be easier to fool than the Nikon's [SNIP] > Funky color balance either way--top photo looks kind of magenta and the > bottom's too blue but that could partly be due to underexposure. Suspect > most folks will prefer the bottom despite the underexposure and the blue > bias because the skies look cleaner. To those of you who did - thank you for taking part. - -- Regards David dprakel@rochester.rr.com