Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:13:46 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Conversation: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar > Subject: Re: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar > > A gorgeous lens I was just checking it out > http://manfred-lai.blogspot.com/2007/08/color-skopar-28mm-f35.html > > Love that slow glass! > Compact! > Light! > Cheap! > Sharp! > Tiny outside air to glass area! > Low key! > Probalby can forgo a hood. > > Though a little dark when you look though the viewfinder. > Ooops! > And that's what makes it our secret weapon as rangefinder camera users. > We don't need fast glass just to make it easier to focus and see through. > > By far the best bang for the buck. > Leica needs to get into some slow glass for us folks who like to take long > walks in the rain all day our cameras and have money left over for a latte. > > > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:23:58 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Conversation: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar >> Subject: RE: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar >> >> Didier, >> >> High praise, indeed. It feels good on the M6. Smaller than the 50/2.8 >> Elmar collapsed. Those two lenses pair nicely. Same filter size, which >> is a plus for bw. Can't wait to see what it can do, performance-wise. >> >> DaveR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Didier Ludwig [mailto:leica@screengang.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:35 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar >> >> I use this lens a lot, first on the M6 as compact combo on hikes, now as >> standard lens on the R-D1s. It's very sharp and contrasty, but, thanks >> to the classic double gaussian design, does not have that brutal >> oversharpened look of many newer asph lenses. The bokeh, if you ever >> manage to get one, is quite creamy (f3.5 and subject 70cm away, it >> works). Handling/ergonomy are on Leica standard, which is not the case >> with the other CV lenses (which often tend to be quite stiff in the >> beginning). I think the 28 Skopar has the best built quality of all CV's >> - except the paint which gets some brassing, but that's something I do >> not care about. The only real minus is it's vignetting - acceptable on >> film, but on the R-D1 it often needs some digital correction. But >> nevertheless, it's a keeper. >> Didier >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information