Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you have a price on the 15mm 2.8? Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Yao" <joseph@yao.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon Photo Shift > on 13/1/05 3:38 am, Bill Marshall at billgem@hotmail.com wrote: > >> Richard said that he would consider it if it were "significantly smaller >> than the 90/2.8AA." Given that, this is not the lens for him. The 85/2 is >> longer & heavier than the 90/2AA and takes a bigger filter. > > Both the Leica APO Summicron M 90/2.0 ASPH and the forthcoming Zeiss > Sonnar > 85/2.0 ZM take 55mm filters. The Zeiss Distagon 15/2.8 ZM takes 72mm > filters. > > The Distagon is the fatter but shorter lens, and also lighter (370g) than > the Sonnar (450g) The APO Summicron M 90/2.0 ASPH is heavier still at > 500g. > > The Sonnar is the longer lens though at 83mm, whereas the APO Summicron is > slightly shorter at 78mm. > > Joseph > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >