Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For some people quality and speed is more important than size. Mostly pros, to be sure. ... And to the second paragraph. My M's are second only (maybe) to Nikon F and F2. As someone is very happy with the build of the M I can't imaging buying a "lesser" body be it C?V or Zeisss Ikon. HOWEVER, I can certainly see myself buying FAST lenses that are better than C/V but cheaper than Leica. I think for the M user, Zeiss lenses would be considered... But not necessarily the bodies. Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland http://blog.greglocke.com ----------------------------- Independent journalism from Newfoundland & Labrador > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Stephen Gandy > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:35 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Interview on Zeiss Ikon > the 15/2.8 is huge and hulking, about the size of the Noct. > I can't imagine many people choosing it over the much less > expensive and about 1/5th smaller Voigt 15/4.5 > > the lenses are beautifully finished, but still not cheap > priced at 60% of Leica. They will likely give Leica buyers > some very tough choices, especially since Zeiss is publicly > saying their aim is to make the best M lenses. >