Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A more interesting test would be to compare the Nokton to the 50mm Summilux ASPH. They're about the same speed, and the Nokton also has ASPH elements. I had a 50/1.5 Nokton a few years ago and regret selling it, it was a very good lens. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 9/2/13 2:40 PM, "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: >Totally non-scientific comparison between the new Voigtlander Nokton-M >1:1.5/50 mm ASPH. and the APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH. > >My analysis: for anything f/2 and smaller, I'll go for the 50 AA. >Contrast, microcontrast and sharpness is noticeably better in the raw >files (not as much on web jpgs). > >But for the price, the CV at f/1.5 is very, very good. >I figure I'll mostly use it on the X-E1 as a 75mm equivalent portrait >lens. > >http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/cv_test/ > >Comments and questions are welcomed. >-- >Jay, > >Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> >"A photographer is simply someone who is >looking for something that can't be found. >The photograph is the record of that attempt." > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information