Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey! My Elmar-M is one hell of a lens. S. Dimitrov On Jan 8, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I guess we'll have to compare the Zeiss lineup to Elmars. ;-) > > > On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:50:48 -0700, John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> > wrote: >> Aren't we comparing apples and oranges here? Zeiss is only offering >> one high speed lens (85/2). I would be surprised if Zeiss couldn't >> design an f/2 or f/2.8 lens that could at least equal Leica's faster >> -- >> and thus a heck of a lot harder to design -- offerings. If there were >> f1.4 50s and 35s, then I would be paying attention. If there were an >> f/2 25 or 21, then I would be ordering. >> >> John Collier >> >> On Jan 8, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> Zeiss has taken the remarkable stand in stating (in Q&A fashion) that >>> it believes that the lenses will outperform those already on the >>> market (I assume that they were talking about Leica et al). That's a >>> pretty big statement to back up. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography