Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric wrote: <<<I'd love to try one. Has anybody out there?>>>> Eric, I have a 70-180 2.8 and it's an incredible lens! There isn't anything else I could say other than at any length you use it, it is the the finest zoom made. I would defy anyone to look at slides or negs and tell me it was shot with a zoom lens as compared to a prime lens. Set at 100mm, it produces the same quality of film recording as the Apo macro 100 2.8. Obviously it is not a macro lens, therefore you still need the macro 100 for the real close-up stuff. It is a tad on the heavy side, however one can over come that with muscle building in shoulders and upper arms.:) Or as I have come to learn when time permits, use a monopod or with lots of time, use a tripod. This week I'll have the 80-200 and the 105-280 to work with and give you an idea of how I relate to those lenses also. I think if one had a 15mm, 35--70, 100 macro, 70 -- 180, & 105 -- 280 they could cover 99.9% of their work with no other lenses. Plus the 2 extenders would be an asset. ted