Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 1.4 R lenses
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:14:21 -0800

Thanks.....

I have the 35/1.4 and the 80/1.4 right now, but I want a 100 APO and a 50/2.
I also want to keep one of my 1.4 lenses.  Which would you recommend as
being a keeper, given my other lens choices?

At 10:30 PM 1/21/98 -0800, Jim Brick wrote:
>At 10:58 AM 1/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello friends!
>>
>>  I have heard the f/2 version of the 35mm is 
>>excellent wide open, and never vignettes.  Can anyone comment?
>>
>>Francesco
>
>This is true. Leica's own literature states that the 35/1.4 vignettes.
>Leica also states that it should not be used with a polarizer. This is the
>reason I still have my 35/2. Which is a great lens. Sharp wide open, no
>vignetting, works great with a polarizer.
>
>Jim
> 


Francesco Sanfilippo,
Five Senses Productions
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