Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I mentioned on list here how a bunch of pro photogs did a shootout a few weeks back to compare their lenses. My neighborhood photog friend had Nikons plus a 1.4 35mm, 50mm and 80mm Zeiss lenses for his Contax Aria. A friend from my North Shore Chicago home town had Canon's. And there were a few others in there too. I talked to that neighborhood photog friend today wanting to know if there was anything un- pristine about the Nikon 85 1.4 in his opinion and what the test showed as a friend from the LUG had said Canon might have the upper hand on that, and it kind of bugged me. Turns out the Canon beat out both Zeiss and Nikon in every ones opinion in this test on the 85. "I'll have to take another look at those transparencies" I said But The Canon and the whole system is not going to be in the possession of it's photog very long. He is selling it. Turns out he is just going to exclusively be using another system that he also has now. Wont tell you the name of that system but the initials are: LEICA M! Mark Rabiner Systems Administrator