[Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Didier,

High praise, indeed. It feels good on the M6. Smaller than the 50/2.8
Elmar collapsed. Those two lenses pair nicely. Same filter size, which
is a plus for bw. Can't wait to see what it can do, performance-wise. 

DaveR

-----Original Message-----
From: Didier Ludwig [mailto:leica@screengang.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:35 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar

I use this lens a lot, first on the M6 as compact combo on hikes, now as
standard lens on the R-D1s. It's very sharp and contrasty, but, thanks
to the classic double gaussian design, does not have that brutal
oversharpened look of many newer asph lenses. The bokeh, if you ever
manage to get one, is quite creamy (f3.5 and subject 70cm away, it
works). Handling/ergonomy are on Leica standard, which is not the case
with the other CV lenses (which often tend to be quite stiff in the
beginning). I think the 28 Skopar has the best built quality of all CV's
- except the paint which gets some brassing, but that's something I do
not care about. The only real minus is it's vignetting - acceptable on
film, but on the R-D1 it often needs some digital correction. But
nevertheless, it's a keeper.
Didier