[rollei_list] Re: OT: Leica
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:20 -0500
I don't consider an 11 x 14 a very large print, and you can certainly see it
there, enlarging 10+ times.
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > A more remarkable lens is the 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar
> > of 1933. Leitz was unable to MATCH the
> > performance of that lens until they produced the
> > second version of the 1.4/50 Summilux in
> > 1961. They probably finally exceeded it with the
> > new 1.4/50 APO-Summilux but I have yet to buy one of these.
> >
> > Marc
>
> The LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH is really cutting edge optical
> quality
> which Erwin Puts says is several generations of lens design away from the
> pre ASPH Summilux which was relatively speaking an "old" design. The
> testing
> of the results these optics get reflects this. But again is really only
> seen
> by the people who shoot slow films with tripods and print very large in the
> darkroom.
>
> http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/lenses/2183.html
>
>
> I use the ASPH Summicron which was the same "generation".
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
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