On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 20:42, John A. Lind wrote re "Re: [OM] Re:
Lens Caps, digression into 50mm lens" saying:
...
> I believe someone asked in a different thread to list what there is in
> addition to lens MTF (a measure of resolution and contrast). There's my
> take on it in the "caveat." When Zeiss Ikon went head-to-head with Leitz'
> Leica, the Carl Zeiss lenses Zeiss Ikon used were designed for technical
> excellence. Many of the coated ones are still world-class performers.
> However, adherents of Leitz' lenses prefer them, not because of pure MTF,
> but for other less tangible factors that are difficult to measure on a bench
> in a laboratory.
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