Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim wrote: > I can tell you from personal experience that the 75/1.4 and the 50/1.4, > produce a smoothness and glow that is lost with the ASPH CAD assisted > lenses. This is not bad. Everyone now has a choice of Computer Aided > Design, or Human Design as Leica lenses live forever. I would not give up > my 35/1.4 ASPH for any other 35mm lens. Likewise on the 24 ASPH. But I'm > not sure if I would ever want a 50/1.4 ASPH as no matter what folks say, > the current 50/1.4 lens is the epitome of "Leica Character." Or Leica Glow > if you wish. I know for sure that I would not want a 75 ASPH. This lens at > f/1.4 and f/2 speaks volumes of magic quality, unobtainable, in my > estimation, anywhere else. I wish I could see some side by side prints taken by the CAD- vs. Human-designed lenses so I could compare the difference, Jim. I wonder if it would show through in a scanned, digitized image. Do you know of any samples of, say, photos taken with the 75 vs. the 90 apo? Curious, Dan