Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug - I owned the 60, not 55 - Nikon macro lens, and I have no knowledge of the 55 other than what I read here. I used the 60 extensively, and never once had an issue with flare. No, I haven't used the 60 Leica R, which I've always heard praised to the skies. And then I saw the image Tina posted. So while I haven't used the 60 Leica, neither have you used the 60 28D autofocus Nikon. So I suppose whether or not that lens has a flare problem comes down to my personal experience using the lens, and whether the Leica lens has a flare problem comes down to your personal experience using that lens - and Tina's "guess" that the image she posted was taken with that lens - whether or not she used it on an R, or a Quaker Oats box is, as we both know, utterly irrelevant, but whatever took that photo sure produces veiling flare. On 11/16/06 1:19 PM, "telyt@earthlink.net" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > >> Well, let's just say I've assumed that Tina is the one who's most likely > to >> know what she shot with - and if she is "guessing," she's shot enough > images >> so that she's probably right. But of course it's possible that she's > wrong. >> But why do I suspect that if she was "guessing" that she had shot a >> technically perfect image with the same lens, we wouldn't be having this >> exchange -her "guess" would then be good enough? ;-) > > B.D., I've used three versions of the 55mm Micro-Nikkor: my father's > compensating, my former f/3.5 PC, and my current f/2.8 AIS, and two samples > of the Leica 60 Macro: my E60/Series VIII sample purchased new in 1979, and > my daughter's older well-worn sample. No UV filters on any of them. I've > compared the Micro-Nikkors with the 60 Macros in a wide variety of lighting > conditions. I see a difference in the technical qualities of the pictures. > Not in sharpness, but color saturation and flare resistance. In difficult > lighting conditions the Nikkors don't do as well. > > What have you personally compared the Leica 60 macro with? Have you > compared it side-by-side in identical lighting conditions with your 55 > Micro or your Olympus zoom? > > Yes it's reasonable to believe that Tina knows what she's talking about, > but given the level of uncertainty she expressed and the lack of > comparisons with any other lens under controlled conditions it is > unreasonable IMHO to reach the conclusion as you did that the Leica 60 > macro flares as much as your Olympus zoom. One reasonable conclusion I can > make from your assumption and your conclusion is that your anti-R bias > continues unabated. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information