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 11:48:32 -0800

I'd love a 24 or 28 f/2 or f/1.4 as well.......

At 09:55 PM 1/23/98 -0800, The Barkers wrote:
>Tom Kline Wrote:
> Very fast wide-angles are quite susceptable and may be a reason
>>why 35mm is the shortest 1.4 available for Leicas. However I wish they
>>would come out with a 24 1.4 M lens anyway. C has just released a new 24
>>1.4 and N has 28 1.4 already.
>>Tom
>--------------------------------
>
>I want to 2nd Tom's suggestion.  Over the years we've seen one after the
>other improved 28mm lenses, but all 2.8.  The particular domain that M
>cameras excel is in low light use.  I switch to SLRs for wider faster
>lenses, the f 2 24mm and f 2 28mm and use them wide open a lot.  Sure, the
>faster lenses arn't going to be quite as good as slower lenses - but if
>Leica could make a good 35mm 1.4 in 1960, they could make an f 2 or faster
>28mm now.
>
>    Jim
>
>
>James H. Barker (Jim) - jbarker@polarnet.com
>High Latitude Documentary / Ethnographic Photography
>Fairbanks, Alaska
> 


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