Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:21 AM 10/28/98 -0800, you wrote: >Hi Carsten, >I've used this lens for a few months now and am pleased with it, although I >don't feel it's any better optically than the Canon 70-200 2.8L, which I use >more often. I'd call them about equal, except that the Canon lens is twice >as fast and costs almost 50% less. You got ripped off. It's supposed to be about 25% more, not 50%. And it weighs a whole lot less, but then an R8 would make up for it in part. :-) I just got a price on a Canon 70-200 2.8 today - $1469. The Leica is $1995, right? (I'm buying a digital outfit for a photographer - I'm NOT switching!) - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Time is just one darn thing after another. - Anonymous