Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitch, I cannot speak about the 70-180mm from personal experience, but I do have the 35-70mm and it is simply the best zoom lens I have ever owned. Of course, wide open is not that open with this lens, but I find that with an SLR it matters less. I shoot mostly landscapes and other inaminate objects with my R8 and SL, and most of the time I want more depth of field than f4 provides. Nathan "Zeissler, Mitch" wrote: I am considering the R8 with the 35-70mm f/4.0 Elmar > and the 70-180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit. I am also considering the following > M glass: 75mm f/1.4, 90mm f/2.0 APO ASPH, and the 135mm f/3.4 APO. > > How do these R zooms stand up to the M primes in terms of wide open > image quality? This is how I like to shoot for the majority of the time > and will figure greatly in my final choice. The SLR configuration would > also address some desires I have for different shooting [macro, long > telephoto, etc.], but much of my shooting these days is wide-angle to > 90mm. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html