Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In article <m0vfxBP-0006d4C@mail>, David Young <youngs@IslandNet.com> writes >>The 28~70mm Sigma-built Leica Zoom is the *only* Leica lens I have heard >truly disparaging remarks about - though there is at least one chap on the >list who is very pleased with his. I do wonder how many of the negative remarks are based on the Sigma origin and how many are based on the actual performance. The negative remarks I've seen are usually references to the price of the Sigma equivalent lens being around one fifth of the price of the Leica version, or are simply references to having heard negative comments somewhere else, but without saying where, or what they were. I understand this lens, in the Leica version, has a Leica-designed mount, is subject to Leica quality control with the accompanying high rejection rate and has Leica coatings, so it would presumably not perform identically to the Sigma-branded version. I haven't used mine much, and must really reserve judgement until I've seen some big prints made from it, but the 7 x 5s from XP2 negs look pretty good to me, and pleasingly sharp wide open. FWIW, I think I recall this lens (Leica version) getting a very high score in Cd'I tests. If anyone has any comments on this lens based on their experience of using it, I'd be interested to read it. - -- Joe Berenbaum