Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have personal experience with both the Canon and Sigma 1.4 lenses, and frankly, they will do the job but their optical quality is nowhere near Leica. The Olympus lenses I now have are better (especially the 12-60mm) and the 1.4/25mm Panasonic comes close. But the Canon and Sigma fast wides...forget it. If you read the reviews, they typically include a telltale phrase like "very good once stopped down to f4 or whatever). If you need to stop the lens down to f4, then you might as well buy an f4 lens in the first place and save money and weight. With my Panaleica, I shoot at f1.4 more than at any other aperture--that is why I bought it! It was the same when I was shooting Leica and had my Summiluxes. You buy a Summilux to shoot it at f1.4, otherwise it is just a waste of money. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Sep 15, 2008, at 2:09 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote: > >> the canon is good , the other ones for a just a little under 500 >> needs >> couple tries to get a good copy, once you do all is well. >> >> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:02 PM, <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >>> mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> ... sigma makes a 20 1.8 24 1.8 canon makes 24 1.4 none which >>>> cost over 2k >>> >> > > No personal experience, but upon reading the reviews it seems that > the owners have embraced the CanNikon/Olytax model of stopping down > a few stops for good performance. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information