Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Someone mentioned how this zoom replaces all those lenses including a Macro. >And of course they don't as the focal length primes involved are smaller, >lighter, faster and "sharper" and the macro is a flat field lens optimized for >close in use. >But people think so. >And Leica would perhaps rather make it's money and reputation with these >individual prime classic lenses. >Mark Rabiner wait a minute, mark: you well know that zooms are the only way to go! that's why every tom, dick and harry wants/buys/uses them whenever they can, forsaking those wimpy primes that are so lame they only have one focal length! it's clear as leica glass: primes are on the way out (future common parlance will designate them as 'primosaurs'), zooms on the way in! just check out the hallowed pages of popular photography! the people at solms are obviously idiots to keep producing fantastic primes that are considered among the finest lenses in the world, when what *every* photographer wants is another 35-70 zoom! guy (who proposes a 'bi-elmar' for the m: 35-70, and that's that!)