Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SUCKAAAAZ is right. Did anyone stop to think that most any 50mm lens is pretty good ? This is such a waste of time. Henry Ambrose > >SUCKAAAAZ. > > Has a single person noticed that the Nikon lens is a Series E 50/1.8 >and not >an AIS 1.4? Perhaps the devil is in the details.The Nikon has only >marginally >less performance at center wide open and marginally less corner >performance at >f/5.6. And this is Nikon's cheapest 50mm ever. If I were Leitz, I would >have >been a little embarrassed. > > Who here gets as much as 50lp/mm from his system? If you can't clear >this >hurdle, all bets are off - since you wouldn't be able to tell the >difference in >practice between any of these. > >Dante > >allan burned wrote: > >> Hello luggers, >> >> it turns out from "modern photographer" tests that the best ever 50 mm f/1.4 >> is an olympus OM! >> >> Lens Resolution Resolution Distortion >> Source >> wide open at f/5.6 (pincushion >> center corner center corner or barrel) >> >> Zuiko 50/1.4 55 VG 49 Exc 69 VG 62 Exc 0.9% barrel MP 11/85 >> same 55 VG 49 Exc 69 VG 62 Exc 0.9% barrel MP >6/87 >> Canon 50/1.4 50 G 45 Exc 70 Exc 63 Exc 0.46% barrel MP 7/86 >> Nikon E 50/1.8 52 VG 33 VG 66 VG 46 G <1% MP 1/83 >> Leica 50/1.4 54 VG 38 Exc 76 Exc 48 G 0.47% barrel MP 9/87 >> Zeiss 50/1.4 45 G 40 Exc 72 Exc 64 Exc 0.92% barrel MP 1/88 >> >> what do you think of that (I'm sleepin' down at the landromat...)? >