Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] An Introduction, and a plea for wisdom
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 12:47:27 -0500
References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030719104011.028cdd50@pop.dcc.edu>

I'll add to what Ernie said by saying it also has vertical distortion. It 
is a lens that should have stayed on the drawing board.

Jeffery

At 12:11 PM 7/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd add to what Jeffrey has said by suggesting that you stay away from 
>voigtlander 50/2.5 - cute lens but very blurry in my opinion.
>
>ernie
>On Saturday, July 19, 2003, at 11:46 AM, Jeffery L. Smith wrote:
>
>>If you are not that concerned with speed (i.e., shoot outdoors mostly), 
>>the Tri-Elmar (28, 35, and 50) is a great carrying-around lens. If speed 
>>is a concern, I would suggest (1) used Leica glass, (2) new Voigtlander 
>>glass, and (3) new Leica glass, in that order. The order is dictated only 
>>because of price. That said, I think (1) and (2) will have similar 
>>optical quality and similar price. The LUG *is* biased toward Leica 
>>glass, so I might get flamed a bit for this.
>>
>>Regarding Voigtlander glass, a good threesome for indoor shooting would be:
>>
>>28/1.9
>>35/1.7 or (if you can afford it) 35/1.2
>>50/1.5
>>
>>Voigtlander doesn't have a fast 90. You'll have to go to Leica for that.
>>
>>Jeffery Smith
>
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