Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:05 PM 1/28/98 +0000, you wrote: >count Pentax, who co-designed the lens with Zeiss) to the 15/3.5 and has the >commonly accepted finest versions of these lenses: 21/2.8, the 35/1.4, the 50/1.4, the Not true. The Zeiss 35mm 1.4 is not the best, not even in the top two. :-) It's rather old, from the 70s I believe. >I'd also agree that the R lens line is the finest overall line in terms of build; >I'd just like a fatter disclaimer when I read that any lensline is the superior one >overall. Sure there are disclaimers, but what Mike said was true. Overall, it's the best. You will not be able to buy any other line and have a good, and flexible and have available awesome performance, and consistency in look as with Leica R. Zeiss might actually have finer lenses, but it's way more restricted in what's available. Leica has the SAME 15mm lens as Zeiss. It's made by Zeiss. The 19mm Elmarit I'll stack up against Nikon's or Canon's 20s and say there is no comparison at all. Don't know about the Zeiss 21. I'm sure it's just as good or maybe better. But try to get a 400 2.8 from Zeiss. Or a 600 f/4, or 800 f/5.6, or a 560 f/4. There was a prototype 600 f/4 by Zeiss. The price? Like maybe Bill Gates could buy one for weekend photo forays. No question some lenses by others are great, even better. But I don't want to own others. It's hard enough owning Leica! ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Backups? We doan *NEED* no steenking baX%^~,VbKx NO CARRIER