Response to Can I get medium format quality from 35mm?

I did refer to Erwin - Leica - Puts' test and a compagnon of his, who swears with Hasselblad. It has to be pointed at that this was a comparison on 100 ASA with new grain-technology films. With conventional 100 or 400 Asa films in both camera's this testresult would not have been possible (grain). I do not at all think that Leica pictures resemble medium format pictures, especially not with Tri-X. Leica pictures are not creamy, they have 'bite'. Hasselblad/Zeiss pictures can be creamy, but they don't have that 'bite'. This is all about sharpness in the narrow sense in relationship to contrast. What makes Leica interesting is the contribution of contrast of these lenses to sharpness(impression).

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