Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 28mm R or 28mm M
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:48:16 -0500
 
At 12:32 PM 4/16/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Can someone give me an opion on the performance of 28mm R ?  How is it
>compared to the 28mm M ? Since most people in this group use either the
>21mm, 24mm or 35mm.  There were not much discussions on the 28mm. I've
>found the 28mm suits me better than the 35 or 24 for the kind of
>pictures that I want to take.

The older 28 is a great lens. But the newest 28 R Elmarit is a superb lens.
It has a built in lens hood. And from all the reports I've seen, it's
better than the M 28. But I wouldn't mind looking at some more reports. :-)
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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