Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, I like the small footprint of the lens with it in the body. Makes for an easy to carry camera and lens. No other lens currently sold by Leica offers that compactness. I learned something about storage in the bag. You mention the lens cap coming off, I burned up my battery in two days because as best I can figure the shutter was cocked and the way I had the M6 stored must have depressed the meter for a long time. The battery was dead after only using it a few times. Steve At 09:48 AM 12/17/97 -0700, you wrote: > >From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net> >>I just got one of these. Nice lens. Can't wait to see the first results. A >>little slow for my liking but then the price is under $1000 too. Does >>anybody have any positives about this lens (hold the negatives for a >while)? > >I got one: It looks more like an enlarging lens than a camera lens! I did >not like the screw-on metal shade much at first, but in practice, it's >actually had it's advantages: It's effective protection for the front of the >lens, so if the front cap comes loose in your camera bag, and it rattles >around for awhile, chances are, the glass will remain untouched. Watch for >stray light hitting the glass, and you'll be fine. Lens speed is sort of a >subjective thing: f/2.8 is as fast a lens as I've used in quite awhile, so >it works great for me! No, I don't use a lot of Tech Pan or Velvia, at least >not handheld. I'm happy with it. Whatever the black finish is made of, it's >pretty tough, and mine still looks new after a year of being hauled around a >lot. > >Much pleased with Leica's discounts, as they have made the gear less >unaffordable :-) This year, I purchased my first new Leica lens, and >first-ever set of binoculars (8x32BA). The notion of gear which is not >pre-dinged is still taking some getting used to. In the past, I've done fine >without instruction booklets, but I'm finding that it's fun to know that if >I ever have to, I can safely rinse the binocs under the faucet; something I >admit, which would never occur to me without the manual. I hope my other >favorite German toymaker, Lehmann, follows suit (discounts, that is) > > >