Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:59 AM 6/16/02 +1000, Alastair Firkin wrote: >Simply a great travel 90. Compact, sharp, contrasty. I've never had a >problem focusing with the M series, and its SMALL ;-) > >Now the down side. Its not sexy, and its a bit slow, and its so >small, it doesn't scream LOOK AT ME I'M A TELEPHOTO LENS ;-) > Well, it shouldn't scream that in any event, as it is not a telephoto lens, but a long-focus lens, being from a time when Leitz felt that telephoto designs were cheating and that only lesser houses, such as Zeiss, would resort to such. Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html