Re: [Leica] Angenieux

["Wilber Jeffcoat" <wilber@jeffcoatphotography.com>]

I was told by a rep that they are great lenes "if" you get a good one. They
did not have (again I'm told) the tightest QC. so find a good one-KEEP it. I
do remember seeing comparisons done (artical in Leica Fotographie back in
the 80's) and the zoom really showed up the compition. It could have been a
very carefully selected lens too.
Cheers Wilber
- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
To: leica-users <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, September 24, 2000 12:52 PM
Subject: [Leica] Angenieux


>http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/third/cult.html#angenieux
>>From the above very cool site on cult lens companies.
>"Angenieux is a French third party lens manufacturer that ranks with
Schneider
>and Zeiss as one of the world's top lens makers.
>
>Angenieux lenses are unfamiliar to most 35mm SLR users because they are
very
>expensive and come in only a few mounts, chiefly Leica. To a Leica user, a
top
>quality Angenieux 70-210mm f/3.5 zoom for only $1,845 in 1983 is a bargain
;-)
>(that's $3,000+ in today's 1998 dollarettes)."
>
>What does anybody think about Angenieux? Anybody use them on thier Leica
R's or Nikons?
>Mark W. Rabiner
>:)
>