Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for the great information. I checked out the camera show but didn't find anything this time. Anyway, I appreciate you taking the time and I will file the info for the next hunting trip. Take Care Gabe TTAbrahams wrote: > Gabe, There are several good alternatives in the 28 focal length. The Orion > 28/6 is an excellent lens, light and sharp, but the aluminum barrel tends to > be a bit sticky and the aperture ring is inside the lens front. Good lens > though. The Nikon 28 and Canon 25 or 28 are competent performers although they > tend to be a bit flary. Best bet right now is the Ricoh 28/2,8 Asph. very > sharp and contrasty and built as well as a Leica Lens ( any company that turns > the lenshood in brass deserves praise, no more cracked plastic hoods!!). The > Kobalux 28/2,8 is O.K. The later version is better ( the black anodized > version), the earlier chrome one is soft wide open and somewhat prone to > flare. The Roussar 20/5,6 is a good performer and the finder is quite a nice > one, but the quality control at the manufacturing end is erratic. I have had > some really good 20/5,6's and also some useless ones. The latest one I have is > truly a dud,either someone at the factory forgot to put the centre elements in > or the past owner removed them, in any case it does not work at all, a diffuse > small circle is all you get. On the other hand, I paid less than $100 for the > lens and the finder and I bought it mainly for the finder. Does anyone have a > spare set of centre elements for a Roussar laying around? > The other alternatives is to get a Nikon to M adapter and pick up a Nikon 20 > or 24 mm lens ( or even the old 28/2,8) and mount it on the M. You can get > away with the uncoupled rangefinder with the wide angles. > Good luck at the swap meet, > Tom A