Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 11, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 06:01 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote: >> Leica would not be the first with super-fast wides. >> >> Canon makes a 24/1.4, Nikon a 28/1.4. Olympus had a 21/2. >> >> Who here has used any of these and will report to us about their >> quality and >> utility? >> >> Emanuel > > > I have the Canon 24/1.4 - a very big, heavy, expensive (for Canon) > lens - and the biggest disappointment for me. The edge fringing and > CA make it unusable on the full-frame 5D. I much, much prefer the > Leica 19/2.8 on my Canon 5D. Tina... re the leica R 19/2.8... which version of this lens is compatible with the Canon 5D ? Memory is that it must be version 1 only, is this correct?... thanks, Steve > > > Tina > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information