Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 2/3/01 4:35 AM, Dan Honemann at danh@selectsa.com wrote: > Joseph, > > What do you think of the new 28/2 asph? Have you shot through it yet? How > do the images compare to the elmarit, or to images produced with the 35 > asph's? > > Dan Dan, I have not used mine extensively yet, but it appears to be as good as my Elmarit 28/2.8, with (obviously) one extra stop. Physically it is more compact and I do like that rather cool concave front element! If I were more rational I would not have bought this Summicron since I am extremely happy with my Elmarit. I think you should get one soon to go with your Hexar RF, just in case Leica have figured out it costs too much to manufacture and discontinue it abruptly. Irrationally, Joseph