Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Javier Perez wrote: > Was this lens part of a larger business arrangement? > After all, with a 21 and a 28, how necessary was a 24 > particularly from a company that has yet to produce any R lens > faster than 1.4 or longer than 800. > Is it better than the 28? How about the 21./2.8 and 4 > I'm not knocking the lens, I heard it's great and > have always wanted one but the price difference between > it and the 28 is scarey, about 800 for the 24 vs 500 for the 28 2cam > both second hand of course. > See Ya > Javier > > > Lucien wrote: > > > > Grigoire Vandenschrick wrote: > > > > > I questioned about the floating element and received many > > > responses, thanks to you. In fact, I bought the elmarit-r > > > 24mm 2.8, and would like to know its optical quality, I > > > just read it was a minolta design, is it a negative critic > > > or not? > > > > Grigoire, > > > > Not at all. > > It's a very good lens, that I used a lot in the past. > > > > Lucien > > Bruxelles > > When I need a 24mm lens on my Leica M3 I do the following. Use a Leicina "Minolta lens to M mount" adapter on My M3. This permits me to use Minolta SLR lenses (not auto-focus) on my Leica. No rangefinder use, however. I guess distance. I also can use my Minolta fisheye lens on the Leica. Ed