Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] R lenses and variable apertures
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue Mar 15 22:28:55 2005
 
on 3/15/05 9:53 PM, brad daly at brad@bradbrad.com wrote:

> why is it that the zooms from leica all have variable maximum
> apertures, while the big-money zooms from canon and nikon generally
> have fixed maximum apertures?  i assume there's an optical quality
> issue or something.
> 
> just curious is all.
> 
> --
> brad daly 
>

Brad, it may be time to do some research.  The 35-70 f/4, 70-180 f/2.8 APO,
80-200 f/4, and 105-280 f/4.2 all have fixed a maximum aperture... and
unlike many of the competitors' zoom lenses the Leica zooms are fully usable
at maximum aperture.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] R lenses and variable apertures)
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