Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could be 100% true.... but what the market wants is what the market gets..... AF, Super WA lenses. Do not confuse market wants with competent design and production availability, nor marketing claims. The company with the best story usually wins. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net the finest optical quality in WA lenses may only be able to come from manual focus lenses simply because the compromise needed to allow for the backlash and movement needed for a fast AF and low battery consumption forces the maker into a more compromised optical design. Frank