Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:43:55 -0400, Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com> wrote: >ps- one more thing: Before anyone starts the annoying "Isn't that lens >on the GR1 >just GREAT?" thread, I'd point out that although it's very respectable >closed down >to f/4-f/8, at f/2.8 (wide open) it doesn't have a lot of contrast. My >old Pentax >K mount 28 was better. I suspect that the 28 Elmarit-M would blow it >out of the sky. >Erwin? Erwin has already run the comparison. It's on his web site at http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m/tests/japanese28.html One conclusion is that the GR1 lens is almost as good a 5.6 as the Elmarit-M at 2.8. I have a GR1 (the whole camera) and never use it any more. It's a P&S with a mediocre finder and a lens that flares like a Texas oil field. I bought it thinking I'd love it and could use it instead of a wide angle on my Leica. Wrong on both counts. I actually hate the little sucker, and would rather use my T4 - it at least makes no pretensions about its station in life. Paul Chefurka