Doug,
Thanks for the string on Zuiko 24/2.8 vs Contax 25/2.8 reference. I haven't
done that comparison.
FYI
I have compared a Leica R 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit to the Zuiko 24mm f/2 and AIS
24mm f/2 Nikkor once. The R Elmarit had good central sharpness wide open
and f/8, but soft corners at both apertures. Its full aperture performance
was best. The Zuiko was next best wide open, then the Nikkor. At f/8 the
edge performance of the Zuiko was best and was the best overall performer,
then the Nikkor, last the R -Elmarit due to the aforementioned soft edges.
12:36 AM 12/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>The reason to be interested in a Leica is if you want something to do
>>types of photography for which a rangefinder is superior to an SLR,
>>and want interchangeable lenses.
>
>I'm not even sure that's enough to make me want the Leica. I used a Hexar
>for years -- sold it when I invested in OM stuff -- and if I were to
>return to rangefinder equipment, I would look seriously at the Contax G2
>system.
>
>Optically, the Contax outpeforms the Leica at virtually every focal length
>(with the possible exception of the wildly expensive 100mm macro from
>Leitz).
>
>Olympus seems to offer a lens at every focal length that holds its own,
>however. The 50/2, as discussed; the world-class 90/2; and various wide
>angles. Some here seem to have doubts about the Zuiko 24/2.8, but I've
>had fine results with it (and every test I've read suggests that it
>outperforms, for instance, the Zeiss 25mm for the Contax SLRs). Photo
>Techniques compared the Zuiko 21/3.5 favorably with the G Biogon. I find
>this hard to believe -- haven't had the chance to use this Zuiko -- but
>that's *extremely* high praise.
>
>I'm becoming an OM partisan. Recently gave Shutterbug's Bob Shell a hard
>time for a usenet post in which he suggested that Zuikos routinely
>underperform lenses from N*k*n, C*n*n, P*nt*x, and M*n*lt*. (This based
>on private tests done by some unnamed lens manufacturer.) Strikes me as
>patently false.
>
>
>Doug Cooper
>
>
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