Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] Vario-Elmarit-R 35-70/2.8
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 13:22:15 +0800

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
> >