Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:38 PM 3/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >BTW, in the "old days" of Leica medium-tele zooms, what was the rep of the >70-210 Angenieux? (I guess I'm playing catch-up.) Thanks -- Robert. The Angineieux 70-210 3.5 was supposed to be a really good lens. Leica actually imported them to the U.S. for a while. Zeiss had an older 80-200 f/4 lens that was probably the best zoom of it's kind ever. But it was very difficult to make and I think I heard that only 25 per cent of them made it out of the factory. Around 1980 it cost well over $1,000 in Canada (where I was living at the time). It also focused so close you could almost touch the front element to the subject and still be in focus. Hard to come by now, but I'd love to have one. Guess the Leica is a good substitute. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes