Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/19

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Subject: [Leica] A 70-200 by any other crop circle...
From: masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)
Date: Sat Feb 19 20:16:26 2005
References: <BE3C9BD5.101C3%mark@rabinergroup.com> <009501c516a6$b05bb6f0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>
 
Well the m:robe sure as hell isn't going to be their ipod. What the
hell were they thinking??


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:15:59 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> The two lenses they announced - (in 35 mm equivalents) 28-70 f2 and
> 70-200 f2, mean that a photographer can carry only two lenses and go
> from 28 to 200 at f 2 the whole way - and how cool is that? Add to that
> either the already existing  (35 equiv) 22-44 2.8-3.5, or the new (35
> equiv) of 14-2? F4, and all of a sudden the E-1 offers a real
> alternative to digital shooters who don't want to use flash all the
> time. Will this make a real dent in the Nikon or Canon pro lines? Highly
> unlikely. But will these lenses - and a new 8 or so mgp rendition of the
> E-1 prove to be Olympus's iPod? Good chance.
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