Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Canon vs. Lux
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Wed Aug 8 15:33:01 2007
References: <200708081957.l78JuMrR018202@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On Aug 8, 2007, at 3:57 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> On the M8 sensor, the Lux is resolving a little bit more detail in the
> hair.  But that's not what's really important.  The Canon has less
> microcontrast, and there's a definite "glow" to the image.  It's  
> also a
> much kinder lens.  The Lux ASPH is mercilessly sharp and contrasty.


In its day the Canon f1.8 was regarded as a very fine lens. I, too,  
like its imaging quality. If your model has the same attitude toward  
pictures of herself as my wife, she would insist that you trash the  
Lux, or at least never use it within 50 years of her.

Larry Z