Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:31 PM 7/26/98 -0400, you wrote: >I doubt you would find much difference in picture quality between the Leica >80-200f4 and the Contax 80-200f4. I would be careful with any criticism of >Contax/Zeiss lenses, especially after Kyocera acquires controlling interest in >Leica Camera AG (blasphemy!!) : ) Beats the tar out of any other options! :-) The only real difference you might see is the color of the Contax lens would likely be cooler. That's pretty much the case for most of their other lenses. Blake Ziegler, Contax's main rep. in the U.S., calls it neutral compared to Leica. I say cooler. Matter of perspective. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Men say they know many things; but lo! they have taken wings The arts and sciences, and a thousand appliances The wind that blows is all that any body knows. -Thoreau