Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23
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on 24/2/00 3:43 am, Jeff Moore at jbm@oven.com wrote:
> 2000-02-18-06:34:11 B. D. Colen:
>> Especially when compared to the M 28 2.8, which is not one of Leica's
>> better lenses....
>
> Huh? You mean the current M 28mm? That's a great lens -- remarkably
> good even into the corners, even wide open -- a lot of the performance
> hallmarks I associate with the current ASPH generation. Which isn't
> surprising, because looking at the element diagram, it seems pretty
> clearly to be in that optical family. I suspect that they just didn't
> need to cross the ASPH line to get fine performance in a lens of the
> 28/2.8's moderate wideness and moderate speed.
My first results from my current-generation 28/2.8 are pretty spectacular,
even wide open. I'm impressed.
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