Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I played with the prototype in 1998. As with all Leica special R lenses, it was very large. It dawned on me that I could carry a 35/1.4, 50/1.4, 60/2.8 and 80/1.4 in the same space and have f/1.4 available and macro capability. So for me, even if it were available and cheap, it was not something that I was interested in. I bought the 70-180 APO zoom and it indeed was a stellar performer. But way way too big and heavy for what it was. These things have a market. Albeit very specialized. I suspect that the money that they would have to charge for the 35-70/2.8 in order to just break over the life of the lens, would be astronomical, hence, no lens. Jim