Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 Summilux!
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 2:01 +0000 (PST)

Eric Welch wrote:

> Don't be jealous. Buy one! :-)
>
> It is heavy, unless you compare it to a Nikon, Contax or Canon 85 fast
> lens. Then it's quite light. I find it very nice to use, but in
> vertical I
> have to be careful not to block the rangefinder. It's just like any
> other
> piece of equipment, it just takes some time to get used to.
>
> But as far as focusing, I have no problem at all focusing. It snaps in
> and
> out very fast. I thought about trying it at a basketball game last night
> for laughs, but had a Canon Digital Camera (DCS3) and 200mm 1.8 lens
> (Ultrasonic) to test out before I give it to our new photographer. :-)

Ah, you bought a DCS3, then?

In that case you won't want me to tell you about the new one which
supersedes it...

D
(catching up with his LUG backlog)