Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] Suffering from too much advice
From: charcot at comcast.net (charcot)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:25:50 -0700
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  I have used the 28/2 on an M8 and found it to be wonderful - fast and 
gives almost a 35 mm focal length.  Shot an entire Texas trip and Blurb 
book with it and have no complaints - was not even coded.

ernie

On 1/24/2012 1:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I have the 2/28mm and I do not see any of the problems you mention (on my 
> M8). I must admit that I do not use it that much, but that is mostly 
> because I prefer the 2.5/35mm Leica most of the time.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:42 PM, John Collier wrote:
>
>> I was looking at getting a V/C 28/2 Ultron but have been reading mixed 
>> reviews on the net. Some are deliriously happy with theirs while others 
>> complain of focus shift: fine wide open, then not fine until f8 or so as 
>> it front focuses. Some recommend getting the V/C 28/1.9 instead for a 
>> digital M.
>>
>> Any one out there using either the 2.0 or the 1.9, or better both, able 
>> to comment?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Suffering from too much advice)
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