Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nowadays it is sometimes a little bit confusing. Since modern minilabs like the Fuji Frontier use digital techniques and sharpen the images before printing the differences disappear to a certain extent. It happens quite often now that an owner of a cheap compact camera says: "Why use a Leica when the results are comparable?" And the Fuji prints up to 8 x 11.5 (as to my knowledge) Gerd > > > I just discovered the same thing this week with the new Zeiss 100mm f/2.8 > Makro Sonnar. One look at the prints and you know you have a > special lens. > > Simon > > Robert Browne wrote: > > > > There are times when the lens quality is so obvious that the viewer will > notice a difference. The first time this happened to me is when I > started to > use the R system and I used a 100mm f4 macro and APX 25 to shoot black and > white portraits for a client. When I picked up the finished prints from my > printer his first comment to me was to ask what lens I was using. He said > they were the sharpest prints he had ever seen from 35mm. In > lenses the law > of diminishing returns sets in pretty quickly, but sometimes the > difference > is worth it. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html