Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't get it. Leica lenses have a personality, each one creates a bond with it's user. After a while your mind sees the image in terms of depth and contrast for each. I have never had that experience with any other lens. Why be so technical when you can have a love affair with your lens. Try some of the older lenses. They have "legs". Dominique PELLISSIER wrote: > >Dominique, I suggest you try one of the Cosina lenses, then see if your > >opinion remains the same. The 25/4 is a nice lens, the 15/4.5 is unmatched > >by anything Leica, the 35/1.7 comes very close to Leica quality, the 50/1.5 > >closer still, and the excellent 75/2.5 is difficult to compare, as Leica > >has nothing at that focal length and aperture. Oh, and the Cosina finders > >are BETTER than Leica's. > > > >As an aside, do Cosina actually make SLR lenses in R-mount? I have yet to > >be impressed with anything they make that fits my Nikons - and even less > >impressed with things they make with Nikon (and other) names written on > >them. But the Cosina "Voigtlander" lenses are another matter altogether. > > > > >John Bean > > > > > ####### > John, > > I've not tried Cosina lenses. The MTF-tests for the 15 and for the 25 show > that these lenses have a poor quality. > My opinion is that we buy at first a Leica lens (for its quality) and, > after, the "rear cap" for it (i.e. a leica body or a hexar rf). > The contrary seems to me irrational. A cosina lens on a Leica body is as a > pimple on the left buttock of a beautiful girl... > You write that the finders are better than Leica's. Maybe. But i read that > they are not precise. > > Dominique > M. Dominique Pellissier > Maître de conférences en économie > Université de Nancy2 > 13, place Carnot > C.O. n°26 > F-54035 Nancy cedex > France > > phone : 0383261702 > mobile : 0612240885 > fax :0383192601