Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:39 PM 12/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >I missed the original information, so I apologize for asking, but what was >the reason for acquiring four of these? Were you unsatisfied with the >performance of each until you found the one you have now? Of lenses 1-4, >which is the lens you kept? Dave, I didn't give the reason <gr>!! However, before I retired as a law prof I split my outside consulting income and income from by books with my wife (who mostly invested hers and is supporting me now <gr>!!!) and bought camera equipment with mine. I don't remember why I bought all four. The first one I bought when they first came out and was dissapointed as it didn't pass the "dreaded Christmas Tree test." Coma in the corners and on the edges. From time to time I have gone back and forth from the M to the R cameras and I guess in one of these variations of the M I bought the two bad ones. I should say the other wasn't bad by any terms but not quite where I thought it should be. I shoot mostly Kodachrome and project it with a Pradovit P-2002 projector and SuperColorPlan 90/2.5 lens on a 60 x 60 matt screen. None of these four lenses was bad - but was it doing what I thought a lens that cost that much should do?? Dick