Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Happy shooting.....so to speak...:-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 11:18 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] R zoom recommendation 3.5/35-70 (E60) > > > Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote: > > > > I don’t feel competent to confirm that my 3.5/35-70 (E60, designed and > > made by Minolta) has the “Leica look” or not., because my experience > > with non-Leica glas is limited and not exactly in the premier > league*. But > > I would confirm that 3.5/35-70 slides don’t stick out, if mixed with > > “genuine” Leica prime lenses of the same vintage. Before I > bought the lens, > > I asked for some advice from the LUG which was positive. Ted Grant for > > instance described his 3.5/35-70 (Solms made E67, I think) as his “work > > horse”.<<<<<<<< > > Hi Hans-Peter, > I'd like to see a side by each comparison, Minolta made Leica 35-70 > with the German version I use, as the German 35-70 gives me outstanding > image cutting results. Even when slides from this lens come on the > screen mixed with those from prime Leica lenses there doesn't appear to > be any difference. > > Has anyone out there had experience with both lenses at the same time or > do they have slides from both they have compared or could compare? > > As I'm off to photograph an Indian Pow Wow for a couple of days, I do so > without reservation of results from the 35-70. I'll be using a mixture > of M & R lenses, which I've done on occasions in the past. And to try > and be "unobtrusive" this time, I'm only working two R8's and one M6 > instead of the usual three of each! ;-) It's not bad, as one R8 with > motor hangs on each shoulder the M around the neck, I'm going light so's > to speak. :-) Let you know if I see any particular differences from the > glass. Film type? 99% 100VS, 1% 100 SW. > > ted >