Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/23

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Subject: [Leica] 90/2.8 R vs. 90/2 R??
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri Feb 23 06:22:50 2007
References: <70d5554f0702230552q366f80b6t2cc06e8d170fd0e4@mail.gmail.com>
 
On Feb 23, 2007, at 5:52 AM, Benjamin Marks wrote:

> Anyone have a view on the image quality of these two R lenses?  Price
> differential (used) these days between the two seems like on the  
> order of
> USD$100/150.  Is the Summicron the same image quality at one stop  
> faster or
> are there substantive differences between the way these lenses  
> render the
> world?

The Summicron is not as good as either version of the Elmarit at  
close range or at full aperture; at normal distances and moderate  
apertures they're all excellent and it's unlikely you'll see much  
difference.  I like the Summicron for its gentle treatment of skin at  
larger apertures, its exceptionally good bokeh and the greater  
ability to use selective focus.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Replies: Reply from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] 90/2.8 R vs. 90/2 R??)
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