[Leica] "R" lenses on digital bodies

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (vick.ko at sympatico.ca)]

Anemic????

I just paid a king's ransom for a 15mm f2.8 ASPH R (i.e. as much as a 
Noctilux, and I had to negotiate hard).  

And lots of money for a 35mm f1.4 R (there is one on the 'bay now, and it is 
climbing)

Both those lenses are supposedly stellar in performance.  And both quite rare

It is amazing to see the 15mm in the SLR viewfinder - so much more revealing 
than with an auxiliary viewfinder on an M.  

As for other stellar R lenses:

- 50mm f1.4 E60 - Puts' calls it a stellar lens, up there with their M 
counterparts
- 60mm f2.8 - some love it. 
- 80mm f1.4 - an amazing piece of glass, up there with the 75mm f1.4 
Summilux-R in rendition
-180mm f3.4 APO-Telyt - was designed at stringent mil-specs and transferred 
to civilian usage
- 80-200 f4, and the monstrous 70-180 f2.8 zooms.  They are better than the 
prime lens equivalents


The R line is no slouch.  And I only wish their prices were anemic.  

....Vick




> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:48:48 -0700
> From: red735i at earthlink.net
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] "R" lenses on digital bodies
> 
> I realize all of this.... today's market for R glass is pretty anemic, 
> except for a few models that seem to hold their value..... ( 100 APO is #1 
> on that list).
> 
> As a question forom a NON-R user...
> 
> What R glass ( and please include the version of the lens)  is really 
> worth using?
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> >The thing to do is get the lenes before they come out with the R system
> >resurrection if that somehow started looking like it was going to happen 
> >as
> >I hear the glass now you can get for a steal. Miracles have been known to
> >happen.
> 
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