LENS PERFORMANCE SURVEY RESULTS
| NAME | Performance WIDE (wide open) | Performance WIDE (stopped down) | Performance LONG (wide open) | Performance LONG (stopped down) | Distortions WIDE | Distortions LONG | Vignetting WIDE | Vignetting LONG | Color Balance | Flare | Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) | AF Speed | Build Quality | Number of Inputs |
| Leica R 19mm f/2.8 '98 | very good (****+) | superb (*****) | little distortions (****-) | significant (w/o) (***+) | warm | little flare (****-) | very good (4.08) | superb (*****) | 6 | |||||
| Leica R 24mm f/2.8 '90 | Ok (**) | very good (****-) | heavy distortions (**) | significant (w/o) (***) | slightly warm | quite heavy (**) | average (2.63) | very good (****+) | 13 | |||||
| Leica R 28mm f/2.8 '94 | very good (****-) | superb (*****) | little distortions (****-) | significant (w/o) (***) | slightly cool | some flare (***+) | good - very good (3.96) | very good (****) | 5 | |||||
| Leica R 35mm f/2 '97 | good (***) | very good (****+) | little distortions (****) | heavy (**) | neutral | little flare (****) | good - very good (3.82) | superb (*****) | 8 | |||||
| Leica R 50mm f/1.4 '79 | poor (*) | very good (****) | significant (***) | critical (*) | neutral | heavy flare (*) | sub-average (2.44) | very good (****) | 5 | |||||
| Leica R 50mm f/2 '79 | very good (****-) | superb (*****) | little distortions (****) | little vignetting (w/o) (****) | neutral | little flare (****) | excellent (4.58) | superb (*****) | 17 | |||||
| Leica R 60mm f/2.8 macro '86 | very good (****-) | very good (****+) | little distortions (****+) | significant (w/o) (***) | warm | little flare (****) | good - very good (3.87) | superb (*****) | 5 | |||||
| Leica R 80mm f/1.4 '98 | good (***) | superb (*****) | little distortions (****) | significant (w/o) (***) | neutral | some flare (***) | very good (4.17) | very good (****) | 8 | |||||
| Leica R 90mm f/2.8 '83 | very good (****-) | superb (*****) | little distortions (****) | little vignetting (w/o) (****) | neutral | some flare (***+) | excellent (4.52) | superb (*****) | 5 | |||||
| Leica R 90mm f/2 APO | very good (****) | very good (****) | little distortions (****+) | significant (w/o) (***+) | slightly warm | little flare (****) | good - very good (3.99) | superb (*****) | 5 |
| NAME | Performance WIDE (wide open) | Performance WIDE (stopped down) | Performance LONG (wide open) | Performance LONG (stopped down) | Distortions WIDE | Distortions LONG | Vignetting WIDE | Vignetting LONG | Color Balance | Flare | Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) | AF Speed | Build Quality | Number of Inputs |
| Leica R 100mm f/2.8 APO macro '97 | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | no distortions (*****) | no vignetting (*****) | neutral | little flare (****) | excellent (4.85) | superb (*****) | 16 | |||||
| Leica R 180mm f/3.4 APO '80 | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | no distortions (*****) | significant (w/o) (***+) | neutral | little flare (****) | excellent (4.62) | superb (*****) | 6 | |||||
| Leica R 180mm f/2.8 APO | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | no distortions (*****) | no vignetting (*****) | neutral | little flare (****+) | excellent (4.78) | superb (*****) | 6 | |||||
| Leica R 280mm f/4 APO | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | no distortions (*****) | no vignetting (*****) | neutral | no flare (*****) | excellent (5.0) | superb (*****) | 5 | |||||
| Leica R 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 '90 | good (***-) | very good (****-) | good (***) | very good (****-) | critical (*) | heavy distortions (**-) | heavy (**+) | significant (w/o) (***) | neutral | some flare (***) | good (3.26) | very good (****) | 6 | |
| Leica R 35-70mm f/4 '98 | good (***+) | very good (****+) | very good (****-) | superb (*****) | significant (***) | no distortions (*****) | little vignetting (w/o) (****) | no vignetting (*****) | warm | little flare (****) | very good (4.04) | superb (*****) | 9 | |
| Leica R 70-180mm f/2.8 '98 | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | superb (*****) | significant (***+) | little distortions (****) | little vignetting (w/o) (****) | little vignetting (w/o) (****) | neutral | no flare (*****) | excellent (4.82) | superb (*****) | 5 |
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