Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] BW developments
From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:15:40 BST

Hi,

>Is there any MTF info on the Zeiss lenses for the Contax?

Carl Zeiss supply MTF info with all of their lenses for Contax slrs.

regards,

Bob


>From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
>
> > I did a study on current BW films and image
> > quality as related to  current Leica lens performance. (it will be
>published
> > in 'SchwarzWeiss', a German magazine devoted to BW photography). It is a
> > part of an ongoing research project into the optimal combination of 
>Leica
> > lens quality and current BW-emulsions.
>
>Excellent!  It will be a magazine I will sure try to get...hopefully it'll
>be available in English?  My German is a bit, er, rusty...  Your recent MTF
>article in Leica Fotografie was excellent.  Also, for those who haven't
>seen it, the latest Hasselblad lense catalog has MTF charts in the back...
>
>Is there any MTF info on the Zeiss lenses for the Contax?
>
> > Also in
> > the line was Kodak PlusX, a favourite of mine  because of its high
>acutance
> > and very fine tonal scale.
>
>One of my favorite films too!
>
>Now if you'd only do a study on film scanning.... ;-)
>

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