Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: To the defense of the 100 Apo Macro
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: 19 Mar 2001 02:01:19 -0800

On Sun, 18 March 2001, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> 
> Douglas,
> 
> I will not engage in a fruitless discussion of M3 vs. M6 (and yes, I have both),
> but the statements below really caught my eye. Until I read this I had never
> heard anyone complain of the bokeh of this lens. I consider the 100 Apo Macro
> the best lens I have held in my hands, period. I use mine for macro shots and
> for general landscape and portraits (young pretty faces only!), and the
> sharpness and color rendition of this lens are simply breathtaking. This lens
> alone is reason enough to buy into the Leica R system.
> 
> Nathan
> 

So that those who have not used this lens may judge for themselves, here are a couple of photos made with the 100mm APO-Macro:

http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/yosemite/BOOFSNOW.HTM
http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/yosemite/ELIZABETH.HTM

These are obviously not the last word on the performance of this lens, and one must consider that I'm just learning to scan color negatives so please don't use these examples to judge color rendition.  I'll echo Nathan's thoughts about the sharpness and color rendition: amazing (sorry Ken, no review yet).

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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