Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A gorgeous lens I was just checking it out http://manfred-lai.blogspot.com/2007/08/color-skopar-28mm-f35.html Love that slow glass! Compact! Light! Cheap! Sharp! Tiny outside air to glass area! Low key! Probalby can forgo a hood. Though a little dark when you look though the viewfinder. Ooops! And that's what makes it our secret weapon as rangefinder camera users. We don't need fast glass just to make it easier to focus and see through. By far the best bang for the buck. Leica needs to get into some slow glass for us folks who look to talk long walks in the rain all day our cameras and have money left over for a latte. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:23:58 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Conversation: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar > Subject: RE: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information