Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, The current Vario-Elmar-R 35-70/4.0 is indeed a Leica design, but manufactured by Kyocera, not Sigma. Hope this helps.... Bests, Joseph - on vacation in Vancouver, writing this e-mail from Tom A's condo..... > Hi Pitak, > > The 4/35-70 VE is a very attractive general-purpose lens. As a > bonus, it also > focuses very close, giving you a pseudo macro capability. As far > as I know, > the previous version of this zoom (3.5-4.5/35-70) was a Minolta > design, while > this one is a Leica design but manufactured by Sigma. > > It is, plainly, the best zoom lens I have ever owned or used. As > far as I can > tell the only tradeoff compared to the prime lenses in this > range is the > maximum aperture. > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > Pitak Chenkosol wrote: > > > Dear Nathan, > > > > I am also searching for a general purpose zoom lens for my > Leica R > > outfit. I agree with you completely about the two 2.8 zoom > lenses > > from Leica. I'd like your opinion on the latest 35-70mm f/4.0 > Vario-Elmar > > lens. The size and weight are very attractive for a day trip. > Is this lens > > one of the Minolta design? > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Overijse, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > >