Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 14 November 2001, "Zeissler, Mitch" wrote: > > When I broached the subject of new SLR glass, she was very specific > about what she would like to see if I pursued that direction. Leica and > nothing else, as close to what we get with the M glass as possible [I > *KNEW* that would make Mark Rabiner happy!]. > > When I scanned the images we captured using the longer lenses [90mm M > and 135mm M glass vs. old 70-210mm Vivitar SLR, new 35-135mm ASPH Sigma > SLR, and Canon G1 digital glass], the Leica glass won hands down. The > Leica images were all much clearer, sharper and haze/flare free. > If I didn't know better, I'd say your comparison of consumer zooms to Leica primes was calculated to give the results you wanted :) In my case, She Who Must Be Obeyed reached the same conclusion when we compared photos made with R primes to those made with Nikkor AIS primes. It helps to use the new Leica glass on her projects; in my case it was the last few months of her father's life: http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/hans Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html