Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill: I use--and love--a 28mm Rokkor for the CLE. It makes a lovely detailed image with a warm, but neutral color balance. I can't speak to it's quality at 2.8, since I use it mostly at 5.6 and 8. Nicest of all, it's tiny and I can use it with my swing out polarizer. Tom At 11:57 PM 3/16/98 -0500, you wrote: >Brother & Sister luggers, >I'm interested in hearing about the non-Leica lenses some of us use with >our favorite cameras. What is it, how well does it shoot, any surprises? >In my case it's a Canon Serenar 85mm f1.9 used on an M-4p I bought it >about 5 years ago for $125 plus another $25 for the screw mount to bayonet >adapter. Eddie Tillis of Woodmere Camera turned me on to this lens. I'm >very pleased with the images I get with this chrome beast. It's sharp, >nice contrast...a very pleasant image for portraits. >I used it a couple of days ago to photograph an arraignment of a rape >suspect. Miserable overhead flourescent lighting, 1/60 second at f2.8 but >the negs scanned beautifully. Of course the quiet Leica shutter helps when >making photographs in the courtroom. >Bill Bresler > > >