I can't recall where I read this--either in Herb Keppler's book, "The
Honeywell Pentax Way" or in Popular Photography--but when you compare the
precision of a typical SLR's split-image rangefinder with the precision of
a Leica rangefinder camera, the Leica is more precise at focal lengths up
to about 85mm; the SLR has the edge at longer focal lengths. So the FA
85/1.4 would present a tie.
The comparison was a theoretical one based solely on each rangefinder's
base distance. Other factors, such as image magnification, would likely
probably also play a role.
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Brian Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Clover's lens comparison obviously depends on focusing accuracy. I'm
quite sure that I can focus my rangefinder more accurately at close
distances than my ZX5-N (or, perhaps, Clover's MZ-3) can focus the
85/1.4 with either manual or auto focus. Good as it is, the Leica M lens
still has a built-in advantage in Clover's test.
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
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