Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been eyeing the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 (29-80) for that very reason. It's the only constant f2.8 in that focal range for Canon. With digital I don't have the same quality constraints on the optics. But I do keep an EOS-R adapter in the bag for that just in case series of moments. S. Dimitrov On Feb 19, 2005, at 7:31 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Wide zooms may have captured the imagination of the worlds shutterbugs > but > the most useful zoom for me has always been the venerable 70-200. > On the white backdrop for me it'd been a real money maker. > And a great pull over by the side of the road on car trips lens. > > Good for Olympus to be I think the first to come out with a digital > lens > with translates to those magic numbers. And I'd settle for anything > close. > But Olympus I see on the dp preview has come out with a 35-100mm which > for > them at their 2x crop level translates directly to 70-200! > But the big news for many is that this lens is a fixed Summicron, I > mean f2. > They call their f2's something else I'd imagine. Zuiko or Zed or Zack. > Zephrin > > Can you image how heavy an f2 70-200 would be for 35mm film?!!! > The current Nikon 2.8 which is a VR weighs 3.20 lbs (1.5 kg)? > The Leica VARIO-APO-ELMARIT-R f/2.8/70-180 mm weights 4.12 lbs (1.870 > kg) > > My guess is about twice that! > > To get something like a 70-200 with the most popular 1.5 crop factor > you'd > have to have it be a 50-135. > That would translate exactly to a 75-202.5 but that's close enough. > Nikon doesn't make anything resembling this. > No one much does. > Third party lens company Sigma makes a 55-200 which has it's heart in > the > right place. > Because consumer level 70-200's are 70-300's now. > It's hard to find a cheap 70-200 anymore. They're all monster 2.8's for > pros. > I don't need 300. (or 2.8) I need a more compact zoom lens. > I'd have to get an old one. > Canon makes a 55-200 like the Sigma. Better I'd assume. > > There's no word out yet that I can make out just how COMPACT Olympus is > going to be able to make their f2 35-100mm(= 70-200) yet. > It might not be compact but it's hopefully not going to be a monster > either. > Otherwise what's the point? > To make faster lenses at the same size and weight as what we're used > to? > Give me a more compact lenses at the same speed anyday to start with. > To make faster lenses at the same size and weight might make nice gravy > later on down the road. > But if I was shooting that E system I'd be real exited to see this > 35-100mm > come out at any bulk rate anyway. > One nice thing about this 2x crop circle.... > IT'S EASY TO DO THE MATH! > 1.5 I have get out the Kodak digital dataguide. > Which I don't think has come out yet. > Or has been thought of. > > But lots of cardboard wheels and paper samples! > That's the ticket! > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography