actually, afaik, it's not uncommon for mf lenses to be on par with the best 35mm ones, in terms of lpmm. rolleiflex tlr and some hasselblad lenses certainly are, easily resolving 70+ lpmm on (color slide) film.
best, mishka On 4/19/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19 Apr 2005 at 15:55, Bob Blakely wrote: > > > My judgment: The lenses are as good as many and better than some in the 645 > > arena. They require a larger corrected image circle, so they won't be as > > sharp > > as 35mm lenses in terms of line pairs per mm at the film plane, but then the > > image is larger for a net gain in image sharpness. > > Baffles me then how Mamiya can manage better than most 35mm spec WRT > resolution > in it's 67 lenses, even the teles. I'm happy to run off a roll of Provia slide > if anyone really wants to see what I've been on about for years. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >

