Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I´m so old I remember that the Japanese lenses were held to be of high resolution and low contrast type - and even some Canon lenses having higher contrast "like Leica". So these hypotheses are just - hypotheses. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: SthRosner@aol.com <SthRosner@aol.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 03. huhtikuuta 2001 22:34 Aihe: Re: Vs: [Leica] Leica Users digest V19 #272 Mr. Zeitlin: The reasons set forth in the Leica Lenses booklet are entirely consistent with the conclusions hypothesized by Geoffrey Crawley that I referred to recently, namely that Leitz had decided to follow the Japanese in going for higher contrast, believing that they were "following the market." Remember too that the lens cross-sections published by Leitz and Leica since forever are not the true cross-sections of their lenses, something I pointed out to Jim Lager when I first saw his lens book. LaK 9