Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:31 AM 4/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >One thing I don't understand is why the current 28-70 and 35-70 lenses do not >have parallel focussing mounts. Sure makes it hard to use a polarizer on >them. Bill, Thanks for the correction. I guess maybe that lens might be a good choice too, but the 35-70 focuses so close, that's pretty attractive. The main reason they do that, in my experience is to keep the size of the lens down. To keep it from turning, it takes a lot more "guts" that take up space and weight in the lens. I don't use a polarizer enough to grumble about it. In fact, right now, the only polarizer I have is 60mm - for my 75 Summilux - which I have yet to use (the pol). ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Miracles are not contrary to nature, only what we know about nature. St. Augustine.