Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen Nakamura wrote: > Contemporary primes will always outclass contemporary zooms. This is truer for wide zooms than tele zooms. I have the 70-180 Apo Vario Elmarit, and I believe that it is as good as any prime I have used in that range. Wide zooms (the original topic) just seem to be much harder to build well. - - Phong - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: Wide zooms > >Using both the Nikon 17-35 2.8 and Leica M 21 ASPH, I'll say that > >there's no doubt there is less distortion with the M lens than there is > >with the Nikon at 20-21 mm. That said, the Nikon does quite well. > > > Contemporary primes will always outclass contemporary zooms. The only > problem is that there is so much money being put in zooms that people > are rarely recomputing primes to use the new lens coatings, exotic > glass, and aspheric designs. Oddly, Leica is one of the few that has > kept up their 'M' primes, mainly because they've been forced to > (i.e., no M-zooms, not counting the Tri-Elmar). > > Karen > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html