Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien_vD@compuserve.com wrote: > > My personal opinion is that the Contax G-series Biogons (21mm & 28mm) beat > their Leica counterparts. The Leica 35mm Aspherics beat the G-series 35mm > Planar (in my opinion, the weakest of the 5 Zeiss lenses for the G2 I've > used) > hands down but it holds its own with the Leica 35 f/2.0 non-aspheric model > (meaning no better, no worse -- both are somewhat soft in the corners wide > open). I'd rather have Leica's 50 f/2.0 than the G-series 45mm Planar by a > very slim margin but I think that the G-series 90mm f/2.8 Sonnar easily > beats > the 90mm f/2.8 M-series from Leica. > If Contax had a body as easy (and silent) to focus as an M with the metering and motordrive and fast flash sync as a G, we'd really have something. Having shot a hundred some rolls with a G1, I have grown to love the optics and hate the camera. The G2 is only marginally better and just too SERVO for me. Too bad. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com