Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>-----Original Message----- >From: Walter S Delesandri [mailto:walt@jove.acs.unt.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9:48 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 >Aspherical] > > >Look at it objectively, without your Leica religion.....if it were >1957, would you take an M3DS with a goggled Summaron?....or a Nikon >SP with a 35 1.8 Nikkor?.....a "hektor" or a 105 2.5, perhaps the >best all around lens EVER?.....what about the SP body?????...Leica >didn't successfully motorize their RF cameras till the M4-2, if you >can call that piece of crap a motor......(yeah, I had 2 of 'em)... You're singing my song, Walt. In 1973 or so I was the proud owner of an SP with one of those 35/1.8 Nikkors (as well as a 50/1.4 and an 85/2). What an absolutely fabulous combo. Nothing I tried could approach it until I acquired an M4 with a set of Summicrons. I liked the feel of the Leica body better, but to this day I think that my Nikkor 35 was optically better than that early Summicron. Paul