Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] R Mid-Range Zooms
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:34:58 -0500
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Well, I was hoping I could get something a little (cough) less
expensive. I could buy 1.1428 M9s for that! I may have to settle for
the venerable 28-135 f4 Minolta AF. I've seen some tests which compare
it favorably to even the CZ 28-70, although it's one stop slower. And
it's AF. Damn!

Jim Laird

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> There are 3 for sale on EBay:
>
> http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=Leica+35-70+f2.8&_sacat=See-All-Categories
>
> I guess I'll never have one!!
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> The 35-70 f2.8 asph is stellar, and almost as rare as rocking hose poo.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote:
>>> 2010-10-26-08:48:47 kyle cassidy on the lug:
>>>> I have the 28-70 3.5 -- i think it's just a sigma, built in japan by 
>>>> sigma.
>>>
>>> ...whereas I'm pretty sure the 35-70 f/4 is a later Leica design, and
>>> I know it's darned good.
>>>
>>> ?-jbm
>>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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