Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal, I must disagree with you on the 28-70 Vario. My wife and I share one and I have no complaints about its performance. The results are very good when compared to the 100 APO (a fabulous lens) The 80-200 f/4 Vario is even better, it outperforms my 200 Telyt including at f4. Ken Wilcox At 7:00 +0100 12/31/99, a fine scholar, Pascal wrote: >Hi Jim, > >you are right, that VE 35-70 is a fine performer (confirmed by CDI, BTW >!). It's not so much about this lens that many have mixed feelings, but >rather about the VE 28-70/3.3-4.5. That lens is really very average in my >opinion (I used it once for an afternoon in Wetzlar). Results are so-so, >and bad at the largest f-stops, and the mechanics feel very "light" too. >I would not advise anyone to get that zoomer. Don't understand what got >into Leica when it decided to offer this lens and the R8 as a special >package to test out the R8 !!! >Why would you get into Leica R and pay hefty prices, if you get such a >lens? > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE > >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >-------------------------------------------------------- >p r o u d l y s e n t o n a M a c P o w e r B o o k G 3 >-------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>