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Subject: [Leica] 75 'cron
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Sat Feb 5 07:15:41 2005
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Presumably size and focal length.  A small, fast 75 f2 would nicely
complement a 35 f2 or f1.4.  Folks might find a 75 a more convenient
general purpose shooter than a 90.  Sure, why not?



Frank Filippone wrote:

>Gee Mark, some people just don't get no respect.....
>
>Personally, I think the idea deserves no respect.  An F2 lens would be
>lighter and smaller than an F1.4 design,  but should not be substantially
>different from a 90mm lens of the same F2.  So why bother?  The 90 AA is a
>spectacular lens.  Compared to anything else available when it was
>introduced ( the 75, or any 90 of its predecessors) it is a different lens
>by weight, size, or performance.
>
>Positively stated,  What special feature makes it a worthwhile proposition
>to offer both a 90 F2 and a 75 F2?  Ditto for me to buy one?
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>I've brought it up like three times people ignore the thread in droves.
>Goes over like a lead balloon.
>
>Mark Rabiner
>
>
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