Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > > From: Paul Chefurka <chefurka@home.com> > > > > Some Nikkors that *aren't* great available light lenses include the > > 50/1.4 and 1.2, the 24/2.0 (the one I had was egregiously bad) and the > > 35/2.0. > > how bad is the 24/2.0? check out bottom photo of > http://www.shinozuka-family.com/wtc/wtcindex.html > note the ghastly highlights near the edges! > We get a lot of Vista Vision plates here at work. In Vista Vision, when the film is run through the camera, it is oriented like in a 35mm still camera giving you twice the negative area of a 35mm movie frame. Most of these cameras use Nikon lenses of older vintage. Quite often I see lots of vingnetting, softness towards the corners, even distortion. When I worked on "Dinosaur" for Disney, they had set up their Vista camera to use Leica R-lenses. I remember being pleasantly surprised at how sharp and flat the plates were. I pray that they either upgrade to newer Nikon glass or even better switch to Leica. feli - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html