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Subject: [Leica] obviously subjective - yet interesting
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:30:20 -0700
References: <C92D275D-3ED3-456B-A979-E9ECFE88DD40@mac.com> <CAH1UNJ2xgbu4RQit0j2E0_6hKNFWFGpFuegBeD4fZVYzK-c0jQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Totally expected result - the difference in the price of the respective
> lenses is what you pay if you need that sort of results when shooting wide
> open. Again, the Nikon 50mm f1.4G is not a spectacular lens wide open
> either, none of the current crop of Canikons are. Stop down a bit, and the
> results will be much closer. Nothing to do with the sensor, it is all about
> the lenses.



(just a) part of the impressive performance of the leica lenses is the use 
of them on a manual focus body,  that you are able to focus precisely on a 
most critical spot, where you will later evaluate to compare the results.



Steve





Steve



> 
> I actually would like someone to test the Fuji 35mm f1.4 (50mm equivalent)
> against the Leica 50mms, it would be interesting.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:16 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> <http://www.stephenbartelsgallery.com/blog/nikon-d800e-v-leica-m9.html>
>> 
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
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