Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Consensus? Skopar 24mm
From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 20:04:49 +0100

on 4/4/00 7:14 pm, ARTHURWG@aol.com at ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote:

> Sorry I missed it. What's the consensus on the Skopar 25MM? Is it a
> reasonable substitute for 24mm Elmarit-M ASPH?

I don't know about its optical qualities but I can't get on with the lack of
rf coupling. The click stops are okay but... you know. People argue that DOF
is so big you shouldn't worry, but close up that's not entirely true.

Not a winner for me.

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