Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: Can you tell us precisely which Canon cameras and lenses (and what vintage) you have used that were so terrible that they could not create good pictures? L glass? Non L glass? Zoom? Prime? IS? I'm curious - since you keep making these statements about Canons, it would be interesting to hear what specifically prompted them. I don't use Canons, so I won't be offended. I gather that you are talking about post-processing sharpness, since you're talking about Canon lenses, not bodies. My counter-observation, coming from the Nikon world, is that you are probably attributing the effect of lacking AA filter to "Leica." I use an M8 alongside a Kodak 14n alongside a Nikon D700. The 14n, which has no AA filter, performs not unlike the M8 when you put a good Nikkor lens on it (i.e., a modern AF-s f/2.8 ED lens, pretty much any of the post D1x zooms). Sharpness is phenomenal on the Kodak, no post-processing. The D700, for its part, has a fairly weak AA filter - that is not very far behind the M8 on a pixel-for-pixel basis (provided you take a few minutes to do the AF fine tune offsets for each lens you use). That last part, which may not exist in the Canon world, does a lot to close the gap between SLR focusing accuracy and RF focusing accuracy. Regards, Dante On Feb 27, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > I have been using Leica cameras and lenses for over 30 years. Along the > way, I've also used quite a few Japanese cameras and lenses. For my > purposes, there is no comparison. Leica lenses are so much better than > Japanese ones in every way. When I switched to digital, I used Canon > cameras and lenses for awhile. I hate to even look at those photos today. > The Leica M9 with Leica lenses produces photos with more resolution, > greater dynamic range, no chromatic aberrations, no fringing, never any > need > to sharpen. My post processing on photos made with Leica is minimal to > none. The Canon wide lenses are awful. > > Of course, your mileage may vary depending on how you use your cameras, but > if your opinion of Leica is so low, why are you on this list? > > Tina > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Jan Decher <wanderjan at gmail.com> wrote: > >> The whole thing with Leica Germany being so much better than anything made >> in Japan is really bogus. Of course Leica likes to foster and feed this >> myth. That's how they get people to buy M9s for $7000 which will be >> outdated digital technology in 2 years just like any other digital camera. >> And then this whole hoax with the compeletely unaffordable S2 and >> abolishing >> the entire R line that many here came to love and rely on! >> >> > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information