Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10

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Subject: [Leica] Not enough pennies for the S2? No problem, here comes the Pentax 645D
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:48 -0500
 
> "Glass as and build quality as good as Leica.."
> 
> You sure about this? Didn't we have a smack down on no way a sub $800 lens
> be as good as... $2000 lens? (43 vs the 50 'cron) :-P
> 
> I had it once and sold it... may be to Geoff? I don't remember. It is vary
> sharp and nice. As good as the Summicron, IMHO. I found that generally I
> only shoot with one lens of each focal length, so having multiple 50ish 
> does
> not make sense to me.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Greg Lorenzo
> <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Pentax is more then capable of making great glass. My 43/1.9 lens is ultra
>> sharp as the external finder that came with this lens. Glass as and build
>> quality as good as Leica with the external finer as good as Zeiss 
>> currently
>> makes.
>> 
>> 
>> This is a lens well worth grabbing when available used.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Greg Lorenzo
>> 
>> Calgary, Canada
>> 


Had one.
Sold it.
Again.

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner
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