Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John McLeod wrote: >Could you elaborate a bit more on what it is you like about the 80/1.4. >You comment on the handling with the R8 and on the advantages of having the >wider apertures at your disposal, but is there something about the quality >of the 80/1.4 images that you prefer over the 100 APO, despite the APO's >sharpness superiority? John, I don't like to do that. Ted will do that much, much better than me, and Erwin will tell us if our impressions are real or only an effect of our imagination. All I can say is that - IMO - the 80/1,4 is more subtle, less "cutting". I like it better for portrait and some landscapes. But maybe only because it's a f 1,4 lens. I don't know. It's difficult to translate in a foreign language a totally unscientific impression.(But real for me) I feel the same impression when I compare the Summilux M 75/1,4 and the Elmarit M 90/2,8. Except - and it seem that I'm the only one - that I don't feel as confortable with the M6 + 75mm combination. Don't ask why. ;-) Conclusion: the R8 + 80/1,4 suit me better for what I like to do for the moment. Lucien