Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> Does anyone have any experience with the 135 F2.8 for the R. I want something between the 90/100 and 180 and Leica stopped making this lens. anyone know why other than maybe the 100 took sales away or was it less than stellar in it's performance. Cheers Wilber <<< Wilbur, I've been using a first-version 135 (s/n 2172xxx, Wetzlar) for a few months now and the optical performance is all I expect from a Leica-R lens. I did a few informal comparisons with a 180 f/3.4 APO-Telyt-R (tripod-mounted) and see little difference on Kodachrome 64. I can make a tiny bit of flare show up if I work at it, and the far edges are somewhat less crisp at f/2.8 but by stopping down to f/4 the image is sharp and contrasty from corner to corner. An excellent lens. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt