Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Hi All: I would like some recommendations from you all regarding > tele lenses > for the R-8 camera. I have a 50mm and a 400mm and want something > in between. > Would like a 80~200mm but they appear to be very expensive; in > the past I had > one for my Nikon and, except for the fact that it was a heavy > beast, I liked > the function of the lens very much. How about the 250mm-f.4.0---Quality? > Price? Size and weight? Ease of use w/R-8? Help will be appreciated. Bill > Carson, La Conner, Washington > -- Ken, A good place to start (but no prices) is Doug Herr's review: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/leica/ Personally, for something "in between" a 50 and a 400 lens for an R8, I would want to know more about what subjects you are interested in photographing. If you want to shoot portraits, there are some good choices (both new and used); if you want to shoot landscapes, there is another set of choices. I could tell you what I use, but that is no recommendation even being in the same state (Washington) because we may have radically different interests. Same goes for zooms versus primes. I have never liked zooms, but age has forced me to adapt, so I have two for traveling with no photo agenda. If I have an agenda, I take a couple of primes and an M6. You see how it goes. But Doug's site is very good and he has photos taken with each of the lenses he reviews, so that may also help you. RP Johnson - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html