Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know and don't understand why Leica do not come out with a good zoom lens like other brand like N and C . there are a few zoom lens but it is very limited such as 35-70 f2.8 (as i correctly remember), 70-180mm f2.8. I wish that leica can have a lens like this 17-50mm f2 or f2.8 , 17-35mm f2 or f2.8 , 20-120mm f2/f2.8, 20-70mm f2/f2.8. this would be a dream come true for me to buy those lens. for N and C brand, they offer those lens and the price also over $1k range. N has 17-35mm f2.8 and the price is $1500. if leica have 17-35mm f2.8 for $2k or 3k, I would sacrify my wallet for it. sorry i talk too much of junk here. I totally agree with other two posts in here that with aperture 3.4, the lens is very very slow even for landscape. Olivier - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New R ASPH lens > Eddie Shih wrote: > >>And the other is really making me breathless. The wide-angle zoom lens we > have been waiting for : 21-35mm/f3.5-4 ASPH.<<<<< > > Eddie old chap, please save your breath as any lens produced in these modern > times and doesn't start with 2.8 through out the zoom range is best referred > to as a "mickey mouse lens!" > > And certainly being breathless is only in relation to the ridiculousness of > wasting time producing it in the first place! Besides I bet it'll still > cost an arm, a leg and your wife to purchase when it's really only of use at > bright sun high noon time. > > As far as a solid working lens in the caliber of many Leica fast lenses gone > before it manufactured for excellent use in the wonder world of existing > available light... at whatever level that maybe, this "slow lens will > ultimately be of use at the beach and holiday time while shooting out doors. > On bright days! > > You may also be breathless for a very long time before it arrives and even > then only have a few produced before they stop production much as they did > with what could've been a great lens, 28mm -- 70mm 2.8! > > For heaven sake one would consider they could at least hold an aperture of > 3.5 between 21 and 35, surely that's not such a big deal in these days of > wonder manufacturing . > > I do believe Canon have a 20--70 ? 2.8 that is producing excellent quality > film exposures. Certainly one would think the leading manufacturer of the > best glass in the world, Leica, could simply keep at least a 3.5 aperture > between 35 and 70. Aspheric or not!. > > B.D. WROTE: > > >>- Maybe it's the lens you've been waiting for, but unless one shoots > nothing but rocks and trees, or other subjects in daylight, a 3.5 to f 4 > lens seems awfully slow<< > > Hi B.D. > I'm with you all the way only I'd say, "Rocks, ferns, peeling paint and non > breathing things!" ;-) > > And I'll bet the price will be sky high and limited to the few fortunates > with income high enough to purchase. It's too bad someone in the Black > Forest of elves can't get it through their collective heads that a simple > inexpensive lens will sell and make them profit, than the one that is > limited to "some of those" earning their keep as professionals or the good > fortunes of the economically unchallenged! > > And as far as professionals purchasing, what is the point of buying a f 3.5 > zoom to f4, even with a not bad zoom range of 21-35, when it can't even > hold 3.5? Hell a ton of my work is shot between f 1.0 and 3.5 so this lens > at 3.5 dropping to 4 is useless as a low light zoom.Out doors or indoors! > > OK that's it! ;-) > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html