Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Dear fellow Leica lovers, > I have an R5 with several lenses and am thinking about buying the >28-70 zoom. I know it is a Minolta designed lens, but has Leica glass. > I would greatly appreciate any comments anyone has about this lens, >good bad or ugly. My most often used lenses are the 35mm Summicron and >the 24 mm Elmarit,which I like very much especially the 35mm. Please >also comment on other R lenses that you are fond of. >Thank you, >Mel Weinstein Santa Monica,California >photog3@ix.netcom.com The 28-70 zoom is not designed by Minolta but by Sigma and made by Sigma. It is optically the same design as the Sigma 28-70UC, but mechnically more metallic and has more Leica "look and feel", and supposedly passed Leica quality control. It is as good as any zoom lenses. There is some distortion towards the longer end. By the way, I paid $79.95 for my plastic Sigma version 3 years ago. g.huang gang@mtdcr.att.com