Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I have already ordered a 'full house" of Bessa lenses, including > the Ultron > 35/1,7. It might not be a Leica lens, but it will fit nicely on any old > screwmount and most likely run rings around the 3,5/35 or even an > expensive > 2.8/35. I am all for supporting Cosina in their effort to widen > our choices > and as I already have the 15 and the 25 and am very impressed with the > quality of these two, reasonably priced, alternatives, I am > willing to trust > Cosinas output. So the barrels might be lighter than Leicas and > after some > heavy use they will show wear or loosen up, but the price for the > 35/1,7, the > 50/1,5 and the 75/2,5 is the same as for a 75/1,4 and the > combined weight of > the three lenses is less than the 75/1,4. It is not that I am > selling off the > Leica lenses, the Cosina/Ricoh/Konica/Zeiss/Nikon and Canon lenses that I > have in LTM or M mount are supplementing the Leica lenses. They > also have a > different character than the Solms/Midland lenses and variety is > supposedly > the spice of life! > What Cosina has done that is truly smart, is making an auxiliary > finder for > the various lenses and I have ordered a 75 finder to go with the > 75/2,5 and > also for the times when I want to use the M3 or M2 with this lens. Leica > should have made that style finder in 1981 when they introduced > the 75/1,4. > Tom A Spoken like a photographer who's also a gearhead, rather than a gearhead who forgets what the gear is for! Dr. Blacktape "There is no true objectivity; there is only, at best, objective truth." http://members.tripod.com/B_D_Colen/ADayInOurLife