Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/27
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For whatever its worth, my son and I own 5 Angieneux lens. A
35-70, a 70-210, ea. 45-90's, and a 180 f2.3 APO. All are three
cam. Also I own a late 35-70 Leica zoom, a late 70-210 Leica
zoom, and a 70-180 APO zoom. Of all of these, clearly the 70-180
APO is the winner, but not by a large margin.
My impression of the Angieneux lens is that they are extremely
good. They are real sleepers, and thus getting hard to find. This
of course is going to drive the prices up.
They are all extremely sharp with good edge definition and
contrast, (no technical testing, just observations from the
images.)
The one qualitative comment that I would make is that they are
somewhat more "warm" in color rendering. In part of the U.S.A.
that we live in (pacific northwest) the warmness is a bonus.
Two years ago, you could find either the 35-70 or the 70-210 for
roughly $600-900 USD each. I haven't even spotted one for sale
in Shutterbug for the last 3 or 4 months. The 45-90's (especially
with 3 cam's) are even harder to find. I know where there is one.
If you are interested, let me know, and I will check it out.
Regards,
Dave Stedman
e-mail dstedm@halcyon.com
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Anyone with any thoughts about the Angieneux 35-70 zoom vs. the various
Leica/Leitz 35-70 versions. Any info on value in mint condition?
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