Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Small Cameras -Rollei 35
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 11:05:50 +0100

As I have no experience of Leica P/S cameras I´m inclined to agree - but
what I actually meant was that the f:2.8 40mm Sonnar of my Rollei 35S is
very close to my f:2 50mm Summicron qualitywise.
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
nyt myös Kameralehden juttuja suomeksi

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> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Small Cameras -Rollei 35
> Date: 24. lokakuuta 1998 18:26
> 
> At 08:05 PM 1998-10-24 +0100, Raimo Korhonen wrote:
> >The Sonnar 2.8/40mm lens is very close to Leica quality.
> 
> I splutter.  A family illness prevented my attendance at the Zeiss
> Historica Society AGM today, but please bear in mind that Zeiss is my
first
> love.  Zeiss lenses are the standard to which Leica is striving and, by
all
> accounts, coming bloody close to meeting.  But, still!  The 3.5/40 Tessar
> is a stunningly fine lens, and the 2.8/40 is an even better optic.  These
> lenses put to shame, by any optical standard, any lens used in any of
> Leica's P&S embarrasments.
> 
> Marc
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!