Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/28

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Subject: Re: Angieneux Zoom for the R.... -Reply -Reply
From: Dave Stedman <DSTEDM@corp.atl.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 06:06:46 -0700

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Chip,

I'd probably take the Leica....   The 35-70mm and the 70-210mm
Angenieux's are housed in glass filled polycarbonate.  The plus
side of that is that these two Angenieux's are lighter but are not
quite as smooth mechanically compared with the equivalent
lenses from Leitz/Leica.  There are always pluses and minuses
aren't there!
Leica probably wont service (CLA) anything but the 45-90.  That is
the only one of the Angenieux's that they recognize exists. 
However, Don Goldberg (DAG Camera Repair) will do a CLA on
any of them.

P.S.  The above doesn't apply to the 45-90mm  and the 180 APO. 
These beauties  are all  metal (aluminum/brass/steel) and are
just as mechanically smooth as Leica equivalents.

P. P. S.   ALSO  Make sure that if you intend to use the lenses
on  R bodies, that they are "3 cam".   A lot of these are only "2
cam".

Regards, 

Dave Stedman
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Subject: Re: Angieneux Zoom for the R.... -Reply
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Thanks all for the feedback on the Angieneux 35-70....If the Angieneux and
the Leica 35-70 were the same price and condition, is one favored over the
other?( I do realize that the Angieneux is considerably larger....)?
thanks again,

chip


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