Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard wrote: >Got the other two rolls of Ektachrome 100SW back and I am more impressed= >with the 35-70 and 80-200 zoom lenses than I ever hoped to be. The 35-7= 0 >in the macro range actually gives very nice images. It is an amazing lens. > It will be interesting to see the test results from BAS next year. Th= e >photos are not the same as the 100 apo macro but they seem every bit as >good as the 60mm macro lens. Amazing how Leitz packed some lens element= s >made of high index glass and an aspheric element into the 35-70. You'd >think Leitz would make a bigger deal about the aspheric 35-70 but they >haven't. I'm one happy customer. = I don't understand why in the past Leica had modified the 35-70/3,5 to permit the use of the polarising filter, and now they make two new zoom (35-70 and 28-70, yes there is a new one) who are build in a way it is not possible to use it.(But the new 80-200 does !?) Lucien BELGIUM