Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> ------Original Message------ > From: "Charles Cason" <cec@vbe.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: May 16, 2001 2:12:49 PM GMT > Subject: [Leica] 180mm comparisons > >>>> > I am in the market for a 180mm lens for my r6. I have > decided on an APO lens because I will want to use the APO > extender from Leitz later on. There are two lens for sale > on Ebay. > One is "for Leica R" Angenieux DEM 180mm 2.3 APO-R and the > other is the well known LEICA 180/3.4 APO- R.-ROM. Does > anyone have any experience with the Angenieux lens. I want > to use this for wildlife photography and sharpness and > contrast is important. All things being equal, I would opt > for the faster lens because of the extender, but I don't > really know if all things are equal in this comparison. Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > This has nothing to do with Doug's 180mm/2.3 question, but maybe somebody can answer this. The question is, why are cinema zoom lenses so much faster than for still cameras? I have three Angenieux cinema zooms, all quite fast. For example my 9.5mm to 57mm is a f1.9, my 16mm to 44mm is f1.3. Anybody know the answer? sl