Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I played with one at our local Leica agent here in Hong Kong in February. It was very large and heavy, more so than my Canon EF 28-70/2.8L. The one I sampled had a rather loose zoom ring and I hope the final production model will be better. Joseph Jim Brick wrote: > > I looked at the 35-70/2.8 lens at Photokina as well. 77mm filters. V-E-R-Y > large lens. A suitable companion to the 70-180 APO, also 77mm filters. > > Jim > > At 12:15 AM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Have you seen this lens? It is an absolute monster! The Leica people > >wouldn't let me see it at Photokina before they told me about it, because > >even they were embarrassed by its size and weight. I wonder how N**** and > >C**** can design a 35-70/2.8 that is so much smaller? > > > >Bill Rosauer > >