Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/02
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I can only repeat the positive comments of others about the 35-70/4. I must
say that the max aperture is pretty feeble and I wish they had made the
effort to keep the 3.5 spec of its predecessor. Otherwise it is every bit a
Leica lens in solidity and picture quality. The rotating front element is
another inexplicable retrograde step IMHO but I am not a big pol user and
when I use grads it is usually with a fixed shorter lens or a longer zoom
without the rotating front problem. Never used the macro setting but suppose
it might be useful to some.
As an aside, I noted with interest that several Japanese pros I have known
had the macro setting of their Nikon zooms disabled as part of the extensive
customising service Nikon Pro services offer in Japan: curious...
I wonder what special customisations Leica has done in recent years for
finnicky pros: I know they used to do all kinds of weird stuff but it seems
one has to go a third party these days for that.
Bests from blustery Beijing
Adrian
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