Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have seen the light. Until I read Marcs replay, I was another ignorant user of the old horrible and as I believe, now just about unusable early Leica lenses. Imagine, at times I even used an uncoated Summar. I really must have been out of my mind. I was so silly as to look at my prints, and to like them. In my, as I realize now, madness, I hung some of them and worth still, exhibited a few. I decided it just would not do, to have second best. I got rid of all my existing Leica equipment, cameras and all, sold it to some unsuspecting individual , and bought a couple of the latest ASPH lenses. I now have two of the best lenses. It is just a bit of a shame, that I haven't got any camera bodies left. There was not enough money over, but I am happy with my super-duper fabulous new lenses. I can now dream what superb super sharp, low distortion, extreme high macro-contrast pictures iI could take, if just had something to mount the lenses on. My motto: Only the very best will do, regardless if it is any use or not. Thanks to Marc for opening my eyes. Regards Horst Schmidt Marc James Small wrote: > At 11:38 PM 1999-02-01 +0000, Christer Almqvist wrote: > >As my Leica dealer once said: "All Leica lenses are good enough > >for most of us, and do not beleive that later versions are always better > >than earlier ones; many changes have been made to reduce manufacturing > >costs." (..... and to increase selling prices at the same time???) > > I used to say the same. And then I started READING what Erwin Puts was > writing and realized, egg on my face and a blush on my youthful cheeks, > that I was wrong! > > Newer lenses are better. I have proof: a 3.4/135 APO-Televid and a 2.8/90 > Elmarit. I will buy the 2/90 APO ASPH as soon as it appears. Newer lenses > ARE better, and, yes, the difference is noticeable, even to slum-gully > photogs like me and thee. Jim Brick and Ted Grant and Eric Welch and Tina > Manley will see a REAL difference but even the likes of us will note the > difference. > > Buy new. Enjoy the old, but, for REAL quality, buy new. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!