Hi,
regarding the link I mentioned yesterday about the purist 50mm vs. Hightech
zoom comparison
http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Montoire1.html
and
http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Montoire2.html
Some people have commented about Nikon vs. Leica lens quality and color from
this, but one should not forget that different films were used, different
exposures were used, and different "imaging technique" was used for the Web
pictures. So I think that's more a Kodak Gold 200 slightly overexposed,
versus Kodak Elitechrome 200 slightly underexposed, debate.
Lasse Karlson said:
>I don't want to step on anybody's toes, but in general I think the pictures
could have
>been better. However this may of course be due to the objctive (test and
comparison of
>lenses and focal ranges) of the shooting. Many pictures need a good
cropping as well
>as tonal adjustments etc
My personel opinion is that the Leica 50mm pictures are pretty good,
considering it was decades ago Jean Marie Sepulchre used his Leica, and that
he was hampered by a 3kg Nikon combo around his neck.
Of the 14 50mm pictures, at least 12 "count" in my view, and only 2 could be
improved by a bit of cropping. Even if you don't like the style, there is a
certain "photographers identity" in these pictures for me.
The zoom pictures OTOH, seem to be devided in two categories. 6 "reportage
style" ones, and 6 "portrait style" ones.
The reportage style pictures with the zoom are below standard in my opinion,
and some are "beyond cropping". Considering that this is a very experienced
photographer, it seems to support the "zooms are no good" view.
The 6 portrait style pictures OTOH, are pretty good in my opinion,
considering that only landscape format pictures are shown here. I'm way
offline here as an amateur, but I think it's this type of pictures some
profesionnals make their money with, to a larger extent then with the 50mm
style pictures. So that seems to support the "zooms are what pro need" view.
So conclusions? Not really IMO, but I thought it would be nice to have some
pictures to look at in the "prime vs. zoom" debate.
just my opinion,
Erwin
PS some more links from this site, all french, but plenty of pictures to
look at.
More 50mm or nothing pictures by JM Sepulchre
in http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Cadrag.html
Tests of classic 50mm's in
http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Cadrag.html and following
(with M50 f1.7, which had the bad luck of having the sun behind a cloud when
it was it's turn)
http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Indexfaq5.html and following
(T stands for a 55mm f1.8 Takumar in this one, and it's a test of handheld
classic camera's with their standard lenses)
For those who prefer to look at resolution graphs instead ;-),
testcharts of classic 50mm's in
http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Object1.html and following
(with K50 f1.4, now I understand why Mike Johnston bought the screwmount
version of this one as his first lens, I suppose he was a believer in test
charts back then :)
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