Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, and smaller and lighter, too. A fixed aperture zoom with a range like that would very large, I suppose. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 31 AND A QUESTION. >> Why must they reduce the zoom apertures in some lenses and not >> others. > > Variable-aperture zooms are less expensive to design and build. Or, maybe > that should be "cheaper" instead of "less expensive". > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com >