On Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:47 AM, Rob Studdert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
> On 6 Mar 2001, at 21:31, Erwin Vereecken wrote:
>
> > An old Leica M2 with 50mm versus the F100 with 80-200f2.8
> > Interesting results, even if you don't understand French (many pictures)
> >
> > http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Montoire1.html
> > and
> > http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Montoire2.html
> >
> > For those who don't understand French, for the tester it came down to being
> > certain to get the picture in the bag with the F100, versus the occasional
> > more original shots, while throwing away a lot, with the Leica.
>
> I must say using the F100 didn't seem to produce more pleasing pics IMHO
>
I find that too - to me it seemed that the Summicron pics are 'brighter', but
control contrast much better than the Nikkor, where to me the shots looked
muddy: although he does say that because the Summicron is 40 years old and not
multi-coated, it is a little soft, and the scans were "restored" in Photoshop.
I also found it interesting that the author commented, with regard to autofocus
that
'Le choix des capteurs lateraux fait perdre de la performance a l'appareil,
sauf si le sujet se deplace assez lentement'
i.e. "The choice of the lateral focus points made the camera lose performance,
except if the subject moved slowly enough"
Not what you want in a fast moving situation such as the parade.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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