denoir wrote:
Of course it is in focus. I focus bracketed and this was shot at f/8. At a distance of 150 meters I have a DOF ranging from ~50 meters to infinity. This is as sharp as it gets with the 70 Cron.
Maybe with your 75 Cron on your M9. It doesn\'t match what I am used to.
The Leica outresolves both Canon shots. Don\'t confuse resolution and micro contrast. The 75 is very sharp indeed but the micro contrast is weaker. I have shot about 100+ test shots now and this is not the first time I\'m testing a lens Carsten.
How many times you have tested lenses is not really relevant. You skipped my comment about micro-contrast definition. Leicas can separate similar tones well, and thus qualify as being high micro-contrast. They do not have high contrast in these areas, this isn\'t the Leica philosophy.
By the way, how come you agree with the conclusion when you\'ve never used an M9 + 75 Crop and 5DII + Zeiss 85 Planar side by side?
I have used the 75 Cron, but not on an M9. I have used other sharp lenses on an M9. I have used sharper lenses on the 5DII than the ZE85, like the 100MP.
Try posting unprocessed 100% crops from the M9 and 5DII, side-by-side. By unprocessed, I mean all sharpening off.
Regarding size, when I\'m building a compact system, I want it to remain compact. 70 g added weight and especially over 3 cm added length is a lot in the context. My 50 Sonnar is 250 g and 6.3 cm long. The 85/2 is 500g and 10 cm long. It\'s a massive difference. I think the 75 Cron (~400g and 8.5 cm) is already too big and heavy and unbalances the camera.
Massive? What is 70g, about the weight of two lens caps? Please show me a bag where an extra 3cm length does fit. My point is that you made a huge deal out of something that in the end probably wouldn\'t even be noticed. If I filled two identical bags with the two kits, one with 75 Cron and 50 Sonnar, the other with 50 Lux ASPH and ZM85/2, as well as everything else you have in such a bag, such as lens cleaning tools, extra memory cards, and so on, do you really think you could tell the difference?
The M9 is a very compact full frame sensor camera with excellent IQ. I would not have looked twice at it had it not been compact.
And that is at the root of what I am talking about. Other than being small, this is the wrong camera for you on almost all counts.
What makes you think I\'ll sell it?
A hunch. How long should we wait until one of us can claim victory? A year? Two? I would guess that you won\'t have it in six months, or less likely, that you will have changed your mind about some of the things you don\'t like know, if you use it enough, but I obviously can\'t know. It is just that you spend a fair amount of effort making posts explaining how the Leica is not a Zeiss
I\'ve said repeatedly that I\'m very impressed by the raw optical performance of the Leica lenses. The 75 is as far as I\'m concerned very close to optical perfection. (well, if we ignore their pathetic quality control anyway). That\'s partly of my issue with it. Interesting rendering style often comes from various imperfections.
That could be said for the Rokkor, but not for the 100MP or most other ZF lenses. It is just a different philosophy.
I would guess that you won\'t have it in six months, or less likely, that you will have changed your mind about some of the things you don\'t like know, if you use it enough, but I obviously can\'t know. It is just that you spend a fair amount of effort making posts explaining how the Leica is not a Zeiss