Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea but the combo of the 20/1.7 and the 45 would be like a digital Leica CL with the 40 and 90, which I have and use on the GH1. I just wonder if the 45 2.8 is very good optically? Jim On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > 2010-03-25-22:01:41 James Laird: >> Anyone using the Panasonic 45 2.8 Macro? Kind of pricey by Panasonic >> standards. Is it worth it? I'm using my trusty 40 Summicron now. It's >> faster at f/2.0 but of course it won't do 1:1 and doesn't have MEGA >> OIS;). > > I'm too lazy to look up the exact details, and have no personal > experience with these lenses, but check dpreview -- I think they > thought the 40/1.7 was far better as a general-purpose lens, and some > (non-micro-)4/3s macro lens (totally pulling this out of my behind, > but is there an Olympus 50/2.0?) with an adapter was an > optically-far-better macro lens. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >