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RE: [Digital BW] Shooting digital vs. film

2002-09-07 by Austin Franklin

> Leica and Contax lenses once were the best in the world. That's no
> longer true. Today, several lenses can and do produce sharper images
> than Leitz.

Sigh, Jerry.  Sharpness isn't everything to everyone, like it is to you.
Fuji MF lenses are amongst the sharpest lenses available, but the out of
focus rendering of these lenses is miserable.  It makes the images difficult
to look at, and IMO, makes the lenses unusable for anything you want decent
"bokeh" with.

The fact is, most Leitz and Zeiss lenses DO have better "bokeh" than most
any other manufacturers lenses.  They design them that way intentionally.

Austin

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