My impression has always been that Xenar transparencies have a slightly=20= blue cast when compared to those made with Planar (my experience with Xenotar is limited). I find the effect=20 negligible and seldom bother with a skylight filter. Those with=20 greater sensitivity to color nuances might feel differently. Allen Zak On May 26, 2005, at 6:17 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote: > --- Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribi=F3: > ".. The >> Xenotar should be sharper at wider openings and also >> render a flatter >> field...> >> Allen Zak > > Really I am always surprised for the Xenotar good > performance at f 2.8, it is not sharp, it is VERY > sharp at f 2.8 if well focused, but, as you wrote for > the Tessar, I never found true differences between the > Xenotar and the Rolleimagic Xenar at f 8 and higher f > numbers(smaller apertures), at least using normal > sizes prints, now I'll look for differences between > the Xenotar and the Xenar on the Rolleicord IV. > However, it's interesting to note that F&H recommended > to use the H1 filter with the Xenar and Tessar for > color photography, an they said that this filter was > not necessary for the Xenoatar and Planar. This > suggestion is talking about a difference for color > correction between these lenses, difference that the > new color films using several filters layers have > hidden definitively.- > > All the best > Carlos > > > > =09 > ___________________________________ > A tu celular =BFno le falta algo? > Us=E1 Yahoo! Messenger y Correo Yahoo! en tu tel=E9fono celular. > M=E1s informaci=F3n en http://movil.yahoo.com.ar > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into = www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > =20= --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list