Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, LUGnuts - I'm thinking about adding this lens to my R selection. So far, all I've got for the R are the very wide - 19 mm, the telephotos - 400, etc, and the macros - 60 and 100 APO's. For everything else, I depend on my M's; however, I do like to keep B&W in the M's and color in the R's. I've been reading a lot of good things about the 80/1.4 for the R. If you have one of these and have used it, what do you think? I have the 75/1.4 for the M. Do I also need the 80/1.4 for the R if I'm going to use it exclusively for color? How does it compare to the 75/1.4 for the M? I like the metering in the R8 for color. Is that enough reason to go with the 80/1.4? Is it a huge lens or similar to the 60 Macro? Is there a difference in the earlier versions and the later ones that I should consider? Thanks for any advice you can give me. Plus, if you have an 80/1.4 for sale really cheap, e-mail me personally :-) Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com