Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The thing to consider when playing with the Contax R at the store is that the lenses may soon be obsolete (or at least, will never get any further development), due to the new N1. Dan C. At 09:36 PM 07-11-00 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote: >Jim Brick wrote: >> >> At 01:55 PM 11/7/00 -0500, Marc James Small wrote: >> >Biotar. Zeiss again! (How do we spell optics? Z-E-I-S-S, I keep trying >> >to tell you guys! Leica is adequate, but Zeiss is magnificent.) >> > >> >Marc >> >> Yes... which is why my Hasselblad gets more use than my Leicas! Hasselblad >><Snip> > >All I can tell you is that i am running right down the wire 242 against 242 as >to a Contax RTSIII or a Leica R8. Over the counter at CameraWorld I've played >with the RTSIII twice this week. A tank of a camera with such quick and sure >precision! And as the silky R8 had neither winder no motor it was an unfair >comparison as Dave Rodgers and I traded back and forth the two cameras on the >counter. >Zeiss glass or Leica? >Love those 60 macros but which one? >I'd use 35mm SLR for macro and longer telephoto use. A 180. >It's running right down the wire. But I've got to see the N1 first in another Month. >How would their new Zeiss 2.8 100 macro compare against the mighty Leica >APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R ? >mark rabiner > >Zeiss is nice! >but Leica is like riding a Bike a! > >