Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Compare 100mm f2.8 APO with 90mm f2 APO R?
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Tue Nov 1 06:48:08 2005

In addition, also consider:

Vario Elmarit R 35-70/2.8 ASPH
Vario Elmarit R 28-90/2.8-4.5 ASPH

There is no current Elmarit R 280/2.8, it is actually an APO Modular lens,
made up of two components:

11841 APO R 280/400/560 lens head
11843 Focus Module 1.0x 2.8/280/400

Joseph


On 1/11/05 9:59 pm, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:

> think that everyone would agree that the following Leica lenses are
> currently best in class in 35mm.
> 24mm Elmarit ASPH although the new offering from Zeiss offers better value
> 28 Summicron
> 35 Summilux ASPH
> 50 Summilux ASPH
> 75 Summicron
> 90 APO Summicron
> 100 Macro R although the Canon offering is very close and much less
> expensive
> 135 APO Telyt
> 180 Summicron R
> 280 Elmarit current version again the current Canon 300 2.8 might be better
> 70-180 APO Elmarit R
> If Leica can come up with extreme wides that are as good as the above in a
> small package then the future of the dM will be very bright. I believe that
> a small(ish) very high quality digital camera will sell in enough volume
> that Leica can survive as a niche player.
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com


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