Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sometime around 12/15/99 11:21 AM, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) at peterk@lucent.com was heard to write: > So as an option, I could buy the 200mm F1.8 and an EOS-3 body and still save > $1000 when you compare that combination to the $5395 price of the Leica > 180/2 you noted. > Plus I gain a modern AF camera body with a sharper lens. Peter, first of all, it is a better lens than the EOS. I've used both, I know what they both can do. You have not. Right? Second of all, the Leica lens is going to make BETTER pictures, not just sharper. But then some people sharnpess is the only critereon to judge a lens by. So be it. And you won't save $1,000 unless you forget the EOS3. - -- Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch Zen master to hotdog vendor. "Make me one with everything."