Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Bean wrote: snip >Skopar, I find I like it in its own right - the click stops on the focus >are brilliant, don't miss the RF coupling at all. The click stops are brilliant, I wish leica makes them that way too. Then you do not really need so much "leica practice" before you become confident at focus guessimation and setting the distance correctly on the lens without looking. IMO, the click stops do make the lens faster to use than RF focussing. > >The 15/4.5 Heliar is another matter altogether. It is much too wide for my >normal use, but I do use it in confined spaces, and crop it for panoramics. >I bought the Heliar first, and certainly will keep it, but the Skopar is by >far the more useful lens for me I read somewhere that 80% of prize winning pictures were taken at or near "normal" focal length; and that the further you are from the "normal" focal length, the less likely you are to use that lens repeatedly. I have heard my friends remarked, "I bought that Hologon and used it only once!" That Heliar might be cheap enough to gather dust but that Hologon ain't so. So.... after trying out both the Heliar and the Skopar, I have decided to buy the latter. I also find the price and weight very attractive when compared to the 24 Elmarit ASPH. Dan K.