Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ricoh 28mm lens for M6
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:02:12 -0400
 
UK Amateur Photographer magazine dated 22 August, 1998 has a test report
by its editor on the Ricoh GR1 compact camera which says inter alia: "The
28mm F2.8 GR lens is one of the best wideangle lenses for the 35mm format
ever produced. That it's stuck on a compact does not make it inferior, just
unnoticed."  And also: "...earlier this year Ricoh released the GR1's lens
as a separate unit in Leica M bayonet fitting."

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REPLY:

So what do LUGers know from experience about this lens, and where can one
purchase it, and at what cost? And how does it compare to the Leitz 28?