Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/10

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Subject: New R zooms
From: n5xrd@juno.com (Richard W. Hemingway)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 14:22:08 CDT
 
LUGites,

Does anyone know anything about the optical qualities of the new
Leica/Japanese 35-70/4.0 and 80-200/4.0 zooms???  How good are the
closeup qualities??

If these are really good lenses (with asperical elements) it seems that
both zooms with a 24 or 19/2.8 and the 50/1.4 could cover just about
anything in normal (?) shooting, ie, travel etc.

One problem I see is that the 80-200 weighs about 37 oz (plus R8 is 68 oz
= 4 1/4 lbs)


Richard Hemingway
Norman, OK