Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IMHO, image quality matters to the extent it is discernible on a print of a size you want to show/exhibit, whatever, at normal viewing distances. Beyond that it means nothing. If you are not exhibiting/selling prints of a size equal to a 300% magnification on the monitor, taking normal viewing distances into account, because these are definitely not going to be viewed from 12-15 inches away, why bother? Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 7:40 PM Paul Roark via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Jayanand wrote: > > > How will you ever make out that level of difference in a print of any > size? > > > > Note that the magnifications of the prints are different. > > If image quality doesn't matter, why does Leica exist? > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 12:02 AM Paul Roark via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > I posted a same-size screen grab of the Leica 135 and Canon 200 at > > > https://www.paulroark.com/Leica-apo-135-v-Canon-L-70-200-at-200.JPG . > > > > > > They look very similar, but I think the ridge line of the 135 M has a > > > slight advantage. > > > > > > Paul > > > www.PaulRoark.com > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 8:59 AM Sonny Carter via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > pix? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Sonny > > > > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > > 1714 > > > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > > > > > USA > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:57 AM Paul Roark via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I thought this group would appreciate the results of this telephoto > > > > > comparison test. The question was, between my Canon 70 - 200 f/4 L > > > > series > > > > > lens at 200mm and my Leica 135mm, which could actually render > distant > > > > > details the best. Both were on a Sony a7c. The Leica 135 won. > And > > > > this > > > > > was at optimum apertures and center. Off axis and wide open the > > > > > differences would be more pronounced. (The Canon zoom will soon > be > > on > > > > > eBay.) > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > www.PaulRoark.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >