Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:30 AM 3/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >Old 19mm 2.8R vs later model....... > >If the latest issue of the 19mm goes for twice the price of the older issue >one must assume that it is twice is good. Sorry, I have the old model and it That is based on the premise that a twice as good of lens will only take twice as much money to design and produce. That is not the case. The better you make a lens, the more the increase in expense gets. When you get into the best lenses, it takes a lot of money to be a little better. And from what I've seen of the old lens, which was pretty good, but not nearly as good as even the 21 f/4, the new lens is simply outstanding and one of the best wide angle lenses Leica or anyone else makes. Note, I didn't say super-wide. It is that good. And worth every penny of the extra expense, not to mention smaller. Don't get me wrong. If this lens is not one you use a lot, then it won't be worth it. But if one doesn't have the old lens, the difference in price is most likely worth it. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Exaggeration is not all it's cracked up to be.