Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd love a 24 or 28 f/2 or f/1.4 as well....... At 09:55 PM 1/23/98 -0800, The Barkers wrote: >Tom Kline Wrote: > Very fast wide-angles are quite susceptable and may be a reason >>why 35mm is the shortest 1.4 available for Leicas. However I wish they >>would come out with a 24 1.4 M lens anyway. C has just released a new 24 >>1.4 and N has 28 1.4 already. >>Tom >-------------------------------- > >I want to 2nd Tom's suggestion. Over the years we've seen one after the >other improved 28mm lenses, but all 2.8. The particular domain that M >cameras excel is in low light use. I switch to SLRs for wider faster >lenses, the f 2 24mm and f 2 28mm and use them wide open a lot. Sure, the >faster lenses arn't going to be quite as good as slower lenses - but if >Leica could make a good 35mm 1.4 in 1960, they could make an f 2 or faster >28mm now. > > Jim > > >James H. Barker (Jim) - jbarker@polarnet.com >High Latitude Documentary / Ethnographic Photography >Fairbanks, Alaska > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/