Hi Thor, I bet you own one. :-) And NO, it is not identical to the F2.8 version in terms of sharpness from F2.8 up. Go to Photodo.com and you will see what I saying is accurate, providing you want to believe it. At ALL apertures the F2.8 design is sharper. Overall it gets a very high 4.1 while the F2 version gets a 3.7. The F2 provides the extra stop at a "slight" loss of sharpness. The F2.8 version is superb. And believe me as a Planar guy, I am not one to tout the Xenotar, but this one is magnificent. If I had a Rollei 6008, I would but the 80mm Xenotar F2.8 over the F2 and also over the 80mm Planar.
Peter K
f2 is hand7y indoors (concerts), night/evening as well as when using with a Longar 1.4 (giving a 112mm/f2.8).
It's plenty sharp as well (Scheinder sent me a copy of the MTF's and said from 2.8 and up it is basically identical to the 80/2.8 version, but offers the 2.0 aperture at the expense of size and weight).
Cheers, Thor
On 13 May, 2006, at 0:07, Peter K. wrote:
> Well, if you do I will provide you a tissue. :-) > > The F2 is good, fast, large and sharp. But the 2.8 is the one to get. > Unless of course you need an F2 aperture or want to impress someone. > > > On 5/12/06, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> wrote: I wouldn't sneeze > at the f2 version either.... >> >> Thor >> >> >> >> On 12 May, 2006, at 22:08, Peter K. wrote: >> >> > Hi Rei, >> > >> > What a neat link. Now if I hada Rollei 6003 or 6008, I would love to >> > find Xenotar 2.8 for it as from what I have read, it is the better >> of >> > all the 80mm lenses specifically for the Rollei 600x. Hands down >> beats >> > the Xenotar F2. >> > >> > Peter K >> >> --- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Peter K > Ó¿Õ¬ --- Rollei List
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