Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I just posted a photo taken with the Kiron on http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Bp8S mfg Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Werner > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 23:59 > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica > > Douglas, > > You can see a few pictures taken with various macro lenses on > > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00B6tQ > > BTW, the Telyt 4/200 is an excellent macro lens as well (on a bellows). > > mfg > Peter > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > > bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 23:00 > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica > > > > Sehr interessant Peter, > > I knew about the Yashica medical macro with a built-in ring flash, > which > > is > > supposed to be quite fantastic but I'd never heard of the Kiron.Also > > interesting > > to hear, from quite a few people already, that the 4/100 Macro-Elmar > is > > not > > quite one of the best Leica lenses. > > It looks, so far, as if the Yashica 55mm may be quite a "Geheimtipp" > in > > the > > field of macro. > > Could you post a shot (or mail me a jpeg) of a coin, or something else > > commonplace, taken close in with the 60mm Macro Elmarit on the 20D? > > I'd like to know how the Yashica compares with a lens of a similar > focal > > length. > > mfg > > Douglas > > > > Peter Werner wrote: > > > IMHO The Macro-Elmar 4/100mm is one of the poorest Leica lenses. I > get > > > much better results with the 2.8/60 Macro Elmarit (always on a Canon > > > 20D). > > > > > > The best macro lens I have used is the 2.8/105 Macro Kiron. It was > made > > > in Nikon AI mount specially for dental macro photo and IMO beats > both > > > the 60mm Macro Elmarit and the 4/100 Elmar. I have never used the > 100mm > > > Apo Elmarit, though; it is supposed to be much better > > > > > > Cheers > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: lug-bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > > >>bounces+pwerner=bluewin.ch@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas > Sharp > > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 19:52 > > >>To: Leica Users Group > > >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica > > >> > > >>Grüezi Didier, > > >>I've already come around to thinking of testing the Elmar on a Leica > > >>body with fine grain film, I still can't really believe that the > > >>difference can be so great. With luck I should have some slides > ready > > >>sometime next week. > > >>cheers > > >>Douglas > > >> > > >>Didier Ludwig wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>Douglas > > >>>I think Leica glass is not always and everywhere that superior like > > > > > > many > > > > > >>>might believe, but THIS difference's definitely too big. Nothing > > > > > > against > > > > > >>>Yashica - but I tend to believe that there's something wrong with > > > > > > your > > > > > >>>Elmar - or a problem with the combination of a macro-lens and R > > > > > > adapter > > > > > >>>on a Canon mount. But I'm not experienced with all three aspects at > > > > > > all. > > > > > >>>Didier > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>I didn't believe it either at first - I've had so many indirect > > >>>>comparisons while shooting flowers over the last few days that I > > > > > > can no > > > > > >>>>longer deny that the Yashica is better by far. I'm sure I can't > > > > > > have > > > > > >>been > > >> > > >>>>focussing the Leica short that often, my eyes are bad - but not > > > > > > that > > > > > >>bad. > > >> > > >>>>Douglas > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>>There's indeed a surprising difference in favor of the Yashica. > It > > >>>>>looks to me like the Elmar shot is focused too short? Otherwise I > > >>>>>can't imagine such a sharpness difference (I compared the little > > >>>>>scratch between "S" and "2"). > > >>>>>Didier > > >>>>> > > >>>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Leicaf8 > > >>>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/CY_f8 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>Leica Users Group. > > >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Leica Users Group. > > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information