Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm taking a T23/2.0 as my lightest, walk-around lens. It weighs almost nothing and is still autofocus on the SL. Thanks, Tina On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > I keep looking at weight also (in several respects). > > The 40mm Voigtlander Heliar f/2.8, 4.66 oz (132 g) (M mount, but not > including focusing) is my current lightest weight walk about lens. > > https://www.dpreview.com/products/voigtlander/lenses/ > voigtlander_40mm_2p8_heliar > > > (I've become fond of the collapsibles after living with the 90mm > Macro-Elmar f/4 for a year. The 40mm seems like a better mid-range than > the 50mm Elmar-M collapsible that I also have. They do have optical > compromises.) > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > LUG: > > > > Does anybody here have or use this lens? B&H had a used one and I spent > my > > year's equipment budget to order it. It will be here Wednesday. > > > > The lens gets outstanding reviews but I wondered about real-life use. > Any > > complaints I've read have been about the size and weight but it weighs 4 > > pounds which is half of what my 280/2.8 weighs. > > > > Anybody? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html