Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi All, OK. As someone who owns and shoots both systems, I'll throw in my two cents worth on this issue. I find, after considerable use, the optics are roughly equal in quality. In my opinion, the 21s are equal, the 28 Biogon is superior, the 35 Summicron ASPH superior, the 45 and 50 very close, and the 90s very close. Having said that, Leica has a number of considerably faster lenses that the G system simply cannot match. The G autofocus and metering systems are excellent when used within their design limitations. The G system is an excellent value versus the M system. Its durability is unlikely to match the M system. This might be a good place to invoke Walt's maxim on lens quality arguments - in use the lenses from these two systems are sufficiently above that of most others in quality that quibbling about them borders on the neurotic. Will von Dauster