[quote name='mst' timestamp='1302713794' post='7611']
My thoughts, too, but fortunately someone else did <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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[url="http://nikonrumors.com/2011/04/13/nikkor-af-s-50mm-f1-8g-website-now-removed-from-nikon-imaging.aspx"]http://nikonrumors.c...on-imaging.aspx[/url]
-- Markus
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Hmm, they seem to have added an aspherical element, didn't notice before. I think the previous version hadn't. Will be interesting to compare the two side by side.
Rem: Users of Leica summicron 35/2 and summilux 35/1.4 for Leica M, could go on for ages how much "nicer" the image of the old spherical versions over the newer aspherical ones is. In that context "nicer" doesn't mean a better control of aberrations, actually quite often the opposite.
The story is a nice example of "the internet never forgets". Though in principle putting this on your website must constitute copyright infringement. Something every German is very clued about these days. Did I hear someone whisper "PhD thesis" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Joachim
My thoughts, too, but fortunately someone else did <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[url="http://nikonrumors.com/2011/04/13/nikkor-af-s-50mm-f1-8g-website-now-removed-from-nikon-imaging.aspx"]http://nikonrumors.c...on-imaging.aspx[/url]
-- Markus
[/quote]
Hmm, they seem to have added an aspherical element, didn't notice before. I think the previous version hadn't. Will be interesting to compare the two side by side.
Rem: Users of Leica summicron 35/2 and summilux 35/1.4 for Leica M, could go on for ages how much "nicer" the image of the old spherical versions over the newer aspherical ones is. In that context "nicer" doesn't mean a better control of aberrations, actually quite often the opposite.
The story is a nice example of "the internet never forgets". Though in principle putting this on your website must constitute copyright infringement. Something every German is very clued about these days. Did I hear someone whisper "PhD thesis" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />Joachim
enjoy