Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mikiro jotted down the following: > So, does the current 28-70 have new optics designed by Leica? If my memory > serves, the original 28-70 was supposedly designed optically by Sigma and > made to Leica quality by Sigma (with a several fold higher price as compared > with their counterpart). > If you read the Leica catalogue, they rave about the optical quality of all their lenses. Except the 28-70mm zoom (not the f/2.8 one, the other one). For that, they only mention the convenience of a zoom, compactness of lens, how it makes a good travel package and (I think) the fact that the front doens't rotate so you can stick a polarizer on it. Not a word on optical quality ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | "We can't make mistakes like that on our Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | own. We need computers to help us." email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- A pharmacologist on computerization www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +-------------------------------------------