Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All my life it was basically Leitz verses Zeiss. Which was better? Which way did you want to go? Leitz had the bottleneck issue of not doing medium format while Zeiss for Hasselblad or Zeiss for Rollei or others made it so the results you'd get from that glass really was impossible for Leica compete with. It made you think Zeiss made better glass which I think generally wasn't true. Leitz even made a medium format enlarger. But no camera. No Leicablad. No Leica 6. But now that's all over thanks to Dr. Kaufmann and the Leica team and digital which made them re invent Leica's non constrictions. Leica now has a medium format system and one which handles fast and can compete against anybody. I'm real happy about that. Leica is on top. This issue of course is high finance. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:21:50 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 envy... > > Another long held convention, Jayanand! > Better said that the current generation of Leica M lenses still work > extremely well wide open but nevertheless are technically better as you > stop > them down a little. Whether or not you can achieve that and what other > factors influence your results of course are different things. > > The M lens dimensions ultimately are one factor that can constrain their > design/performance nevertheless and one of the reasons that the S lenses > have such phenomenal specifications is that they were able to start with > more volume and design them from the ground up for the S 'middle format' > sensor. Peter Karbe has said on a couple of occasions that these lenses are > optically the best that Leica Camera has ever made without reservation and > can outresolve the current and the next generation sensors in that 30x45mm > size. I still want some ;-) > > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Izzy for Prime Minister* > > On 25 August 2011 14:08, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > >> .... The big advantage with Leica M lenses, as I see it (and have always >> seen it from the film days), is that unlike any >> other manufacturer, they are optimized to be used wide open. That is what >> makes it worthwhile to pay $$$$ for a lens...... >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information