Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My Canon 300 f2.8 is clearly better than my 280 f2.8 Leica. When i first saw this I sent my 280 back to leica for a clean, expecting haze on elements to be the cause. It was no better when it came home despite being given a clear bill of health by Leica. The other Leica lenses I own are equally clearly superior to the equivalent Canon offering. Frank On 20 Feb, 2005, at 14:36, Doug Herr wrote: > on 2/19/05 10:28 PM, Summicron1@aol.com at Summicron1@aol.com wrote: > >> >> As to those who worry about advances in optics and so forth, I'll >> put images from my old lenses up against yours any day -- they ALL >> damn good, >> the new ones are just a little bit gooder. >> > > 25 years ago fast internal-focus long lenses were very scarce and none > were > made for Leica reflexes. As far as results on film are concerned the > f/6.8 > Telyts have little to be ashamed of but in light that requires 1/60 > sec @ > f/2.8 one of the newer lenses like the 280 f/2.8, 400 f/2.8 or a > modular > Telyt has distinct advantages. None of these existed 25 years ago and > the > competition's comparable lenses are not equal to the Leica lens' > performance. Some have gotten very close in just the last few years > but the > Leica lenses shine like no others. There's no telling what optical > advances > we'll see in the next few decades but I sure as hell want to put them > on my > Leica reflexes. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >