Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mistype - 75-200 f4.5 - an average performer, nowhere near the Nikon 80-200 of that era. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>>> > a 24mm Elmarit-R and a 75-210mm zoom - neither of which I liked very much. > <<< > > 75-200mm or 70-210mm? These are both Minolta designs, the latter with > some Leitz input. The 75-200 (the older of these two) didn't impress me. > The sharpness was OK and it has good flare control but bokeh could get > really funky, distortion was clearly evident and its mechanical > construction was not up to Leica standards. The 80-200mm f/4 (A Leica > design made by Kyocera) is a much better lens. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information