Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen, Don't you mean 28mm f/2.8 Biogon! (as per the ZI website) Did they compare the Biogon to the 28mm f/2 Summicron ASP or to the older 28mm Elmarit? Thanks for the early reports from Japan. Sid > > From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> > Date: 2004/12/23 Thu AM 02:19:06 GMT > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica > > > The test was the: > > 25/2.8 Biogon T* vs. 24/2.8 Elmarit ASPH > 28/2 Biogon T* vs. 28/2 Summicron ASPH > 35/2 Biogon T* vs 35/2 Summicron ASPH > 50/2 Planar vs the 50/2 Summicron > > Note that all of the ZI lenses are estimated to be selling in the > $600-900 range (Y60,000-90,000). While this makes the Planar only > so-so against the 50 Summicron, the wides are much cheaper than the > Leica equivs. I have the 28/2 on hold myself. I think it'll come out > in January, production has been delayed for some reason (they were > originally going to come out in November). > > Karen > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >