Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] olympus vs leica
From: "Mark Hammons" <astair@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:38:54 -0600
 
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: sam <salex@idt.net>
    To: lug <Leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
    Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 7:24 PM
    Subject: [Leica] olympus vs leica
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           <<: Yes, Mitch and Olympus optics are priced like Leica =
lenses.  My friend at the
            camera shop showed me recently a 35-70 Olympus zoom at =
$1800.  I guess it
            proves that you get what you pay for, well most of the time.
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    Bob Bedwell>>
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    Bob
    The zoom IS superb. . .and what you get for what you pay is:
    constant 2.8 and, according to PopPhoto tests, the best
    they've tested. . .B&H sells it for $ 1,289 new.  (You can get a =
superb
    35-105 for less than $300 used). . .and so on. . .good glass for =
reasonable prices.=20
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    Its actually a 35-80mm F2.8 Zoom with some kind of ED glass.  It is =
the last lens
    developed for the OM system, as far as I know.
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    Mark Hammons

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    <TT>Yes, Mitch and Olympus optics are priced like Leica lenses. =
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