Alex, That is the sample I have been ask for a while for 80lux It can push lots of people off the edge With recent 35lux and Leica zoom I bought, I just have no fund to get this 80lux.
zhangyue wrote:
Alex, That is the sample I have been ask for a while for 80lux It can push lots of people off the edge With recent 35lux and Leica zoom I bought, I just have no fund to get this 80lux.
Alex, I looked at your earlier reply regarding Cron-R 35 and yes, it does weird things with sharpness circle! Indeed, the outer part/corners are in focus where the inner 2/3 circle is kinda soft. Now, did Leica screw it up or was it an intentional ‘reporter’ lens? http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_D8E0477_640.jpg
OK, this is hardly a fair comparison between two small(ish) 28mm lenses; Elmarit-R and Vivitar Komine 28 in F mount. The Komine lens along with J. C. Wolf`s `Komine Guide` book costs `bout the same as Leitax kit for Elmarit-R!
Note: Elmarit-R has a build-in hood so I used 49mm hood for Komine - a bad idea on a first run as the hood introduced extreme corners fall out shadow. However, Komine seems to be wider than 28mm ( or Elmarit-R is narrower) so few mm edits made it even (kinda - it`s not a pro paid `review`, mind you)
Yes, Elmarit-R is mucho better (perhaps, but notice the stretched corners comparing to Komine!) but Vivitar seems to be a great deal especially for film cameras or anything lower than 16MP.
'..regarding Cron-R 35 and yes, it does weird things with sharpness circle! Indeed, the outer part/corners are in focus where the inner 2/3 circle is kinda soft. Now, did Leica screw it up or was it an intentional ‘reporter’ lens?'
'As with the Summilux-R the design goal was to achieve a very good performance in the central part of the image as this will benefit the intended type of pictures with this lens.
At apertures 4 and 5.6 the optimum is reached. The graphs of the 20 lp/mm and the 40 lp/mm are a bit wavy. At an image height of 12mm there is a weaker zone, the result of aberration compensation. The improvement beyond an image height of 18mm is the influence of the vignetting.'
~Erwin Puts.
Thanks philip_pj; indeed, cron-r 35, and perhaps lux-r 35 (zhangyue. Worlinlens and other Lux-r 35 owners?) show kinda odd behavior; not only sharpness-wise, but I also noticed colour saturation abnormalities while stopped down (samples will follow)
Three photos taken with f4 70-210mm Vario Elmar lens on tripod mounted Lumix G1 at Mount Rainier NP in October, 2012. I now have the f4 80-200mm Vario Elmar and will have to compare them.
Here are 3 more taken with the f4 70-210 Vario Elmar on film on Leica SLR cameras; all taken on Fujichrome Velvia 50:
The first- "Pinnacle, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" Photo taken of a Pinnacle in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park at about 2:30 PM in late September, 1993. Image taken with Leica R4SP and lens supported by elbow on knee. Image has been printed to 30" Fuji Crystal Archive Print by Chromira Printer.
The second- "Dawn at Egg Rock" Photo taken at Dawn, Egg Rock Overlook Acadia National Park, Maine in August of 1997. Image taken with tripod mounted Leica R7.
The third- "Acadian Sunrise" Photo taken at sunrise, Egg Rock Overlook Acadia National Park, Maine in August of 1997. Image taken with tripod mounted Leica.R7.
Both 2 and 3 have also been printed to 30" Fuji Crystal Archive Print by Chromira Printer and 3 has been printed to 30" metal print as well.
Mescalamba wrote:
Quite curious about that comparsion on G1.
At this point, I suspect that I will make the comparison on my new Fuji X-E1 especially after receiving the L bracket and Grip for the camera from Really Right Stuff. But, I now have the Novoflex R to Fuji adapter and the Novoflex rotating collar to lock the combination onto my Arca Swiss Kirk QR clamp.
But, over the years, I have found that my f4 70-210mm Vario Elmar was pretty darn sharp. Not as sharp as my f3.4 180 Apo, but it was sharp at least for a lot of situations and applications.
Regardless, I think that my f4 70-210mm holds up pretty well for the G1.
JaKo wrote:
Alex, I looked at your earlier reply regarding Cron-R 35 and yes, it does weird things with sharpness circle! Indeed, the outer part/corners are in focus where the inner 2/3 circle is kinda soft. Now, did Leica screw it up or was it an intentional ‘reporter’ lens? http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_D8E0477_640.jpg
Hi, this is not a huge secret ) All about resolution we can see on the Leica MTF charts. This is very simple and I can do a picture for MTF understanding. But later, very busy now. I love bokeh of R35/2, but at the near distances mostly.
About both R35 I think this is beautiful "art" lenses, they not so good for landscapes. R28 much better for this.
naturephoto1 wrote:
At this point, I suspect that I will make the comparison on my new Fuji X-E1 especially after receiving the L bracket and Grip for the camera from Really Right Stuff. But, I now have the Novoflex R to Fuji adapter and the Novoflex rotating collar to lock the combination onto my Arca Swiss Kirk QR clamp.
But, over the years, I have found that my f4 70-210mm Vario Elmar was pretty darn sharp. Not as sharp as my f3.4 180 Apo, but it was sharp at least for a lot of situations and applications.
Regardless, I think that my f4 70-210mm holds up pretty well for the G1.
Worldinlens wrote: Hi, this is not a huge secret ) All about resolution we can see on the Leica MTF charts. This is very simple and I can do a picture for MTF understanding. But later, very busy now. I love bokeh of R35/2, but at the near distances mostly
Thanks. I checked the MTF for Cron-r 35 and I will have to keep higher contrast, detailed info out of the mid-outer ‘doughnut’ area of a frame when shooting wide open (stopping down to f/4 doesn’t show that much improvement in the red wall test above) Most likely placing a subject at shorter distance in the center circle of a frame may do the trick.
It can push lots of people off the edge
