Agreed. One of my most often used lenses for landscapes. Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:22 AM, "Q.G. de Bakker" <qnu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > >> OK, I did hear that the 80mm isn't the greatest Zeiss (but it may be a case >> of really great vs. brilliant?) >> The 60mm is a good "40mm" equivalent to 35mm term on the P30 (1.3x crop vs >> Hassy full frame) so >> that's a comfortable view for me. > > You heard wrong. > The 80 mm Planar is one of the very best lenses, most other Zeiss/Hasselblad > lenses cannot touch. > People hold it in low esteem, i think, because it's the 'standard' lens. > But even the fabeled 100 mm Planar has great troubles bettering the 80 mm > (and mostly fails to do so). > > The 60 mm is very good ***for a retrofocus wide angle lens*** ! > But not on par with the 80 mm. > > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.