Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mikiro - How much did the 21/3.5 cost in US dollars - with finder - and will you report back when you get your film processed? B. D. >I had a chance to obtain a newly released 21/3.5 Ricoh GR lens (LTM). I had >no plan to get a super-wide lens, but I bought it just because it looked so >nice with M bodies and because it had a very clear and bright viewfinder. >Further, it is surprisingly well built (I dare say it is 120% Leica >quality!) and has a beautiful square metal hood. I cannot tell you now how >optically good it is, but the latest issue of Asahi Camera reports that it >is unique in being 'squealingly' crispy (more so than the 28 mm version) >with noticeable vignetting, which is rather *welcome* for creating >"dramatic" images. I wish more LUGgers in the world were accesible to the >Ricoh GR lenses! > >Mikiro >Strasbourg, Europe > >-------------------------- >At 6:18 PM +0200 10/4/99, Hans Pahlen wrote: >snip>>The Ricoh is an extremely rare lens here in Scandinavia, and I think >it is amazing that I was able to find a sample on the used market in Hong >Kong. It would not have been possible without the LUG society, that is for >sure! $B!!(J Regards to all LUGers! Hans<< >