Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have both. Both are wonderful. Size weight and noise vs wiiiiiide and looooong and clooooose are the trade offs - -----Original Message----- From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] moving to Leica SLR ...a few tips please... >I just worry because I hear so much about the lens tests and ratings >of M lenses, but not much on R lenses. I want to make sure I am getting >THE BEST of Leica.....if the best lenses are M, I will go with M. >If R lenses are coming out ahead, I will choose R. > >Francesco > > > > >At 07:13 AM 10/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >>At 10:06 PM 10/4/98 -0700, you wrote: >> >>>I'd say that the new Summilux is Leica's latest 50mm design. Optics and >>>mechanics. A new lens in 1998 must be as good as they can make. I'm not >>>saying anything else. >> >>I just saw some Ektachrome 100 (the new stuff) run through the 50 Summilux >>R. I have to say, it has to be at least as good as the 50 Summicron R. >>Outstanding quality. >> >>>>Also, do you mean the 19 and 28 are the best LEICA 19 and 28 lenses >>>>or the best 19 and 28 lenses of any brand? >> >>I would say yes to both - even though there is some doubt that the 28 R >>being better than the M, I have heard two people who own both say the R is >>better. One is Pete Stone, ASMP local chapter prez. in Portland, Or. >>-- >> >>Eric Welch >>St. Joseph, MO >>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch >> >>I used to have a handle on life, then it broke >> >