RE: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

No, I have not owned a Leica 28, and based on what I have read and heard
about it, I wouldn't own one. I have owned a 28 2.8 T* and a G, and that was
a terrific lens. Everyone - but you - with whom I have talked about the 28
has said that it is one of the weakest lenses in the M armamentarium.

As to the resale value question - I buy lenses to use, not to collect or
resell. If the best lens in the focal length is a Leica lens - as is
generally the case - that's what I'll buy. If something else is better, and
I can afford it, I'll go for that.

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom
Schofield
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 6:19 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?


B.D.,

Have you shot the current 28mm M????  Why do you say it is not one of
Leica's better lenses???  It is very sharp wide open and you can shoot
straight into the sun with it!!  Used prices are about $1000, so why buy a
converted, voided warranty lens with limited resale appeal?  I can
understand wanting a Hologon because there is no comparable in the Leica
line, but even then you can buy a G1 body to leave it on for the price of
the conversion!  And, as I recall, the Leica M 28mm was rated higher in test
results than was the Contax G 28mm -- all of the Contax G lenses scored
lower than Leica on centering, which is why Leica has been saying for a
decade that they were not going into AF until the technology progressed so
that centering could meet their tolerances in an AF mount.  Maybe there is
some truth to that after all.

Tom Schofield


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?


> Thanks! Wow...Less than 900 for a new Zeiss T* 28 2.8 manual focus in an M
> mount? THAT is a bargin. Especially when compared to the M 28 2.8, which
is
> not one of Leica's better lenses....
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Julian
> Thomas
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:21 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?
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> > Mikiro - So what one ends up with is a manual focus, Zeiss G 28 2.8
lens -
> > which, by the way, is a terrific 28 - in Leica M mount?What's that 98000
> yen
> > in dollars these days?
> >
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> Try the URL below for a floating currency conversion 'thing':
>
> http://www.xe.net/pca/
>
>
> Julian
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?
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