Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/04

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Subject: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 14:07:51 -0600 (CST)

They (Nikon) just introduced a 70 - 200 f4 which is priced at $1399.  I 
would think you could find the 80 - 200 R lens for far less than $1600.

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 12:42:54 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?

All things are relative....

Expensive = $5K
Economical = $1.6K

Isn't there some Nikon lenses in the range at the same or lesser price
points?  And they would offer automatic aperture operation as well....

And if you have an AF camera, that too.....

It is nice to have Leica optics, but hardly a requirement....

Frank Filippone, repenting after his blasphemous comments......
Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Vick
Ko
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 8:47 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?

The best zooms in the R line in that range are the 70-180 f2.8 Vario APO
Elmarit and 80-200 f4 Vario-Elmar lenses.

The 70-180 is expensive but stellar

The 80-200 is economical and stellar.

Vick


On 11/3/2012 10:54 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
> I see there are two Leica R versions of the tele-zoom in the 70-200 
> range. One is a 70-210 f/4 the other is 75-200 f/4.5. What is the 
> difference between the two besides the obvious technical ones? Are 
> they good performers? I notice that these are quite inexpensive these
days.
>
> Finally, would one of these perform better than the Nikkor 80-200 
> f/2.8 AFD?
>
> My thought is for use on a D2X. The Nikon lens offers outstanding 
> performance and full metering function in all modes with the D2x. It's 
> a stop faster as well.
>
> The Leica lens is a fully manual lens (I love manual focus, by the way 
> so that's not a deterrent) and might have better optics but would 
> limit me to stop down metering.
>
> I'm curious about your thoughts.
> Thanks all!
>
> Phil Forrest
>


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Replies: Reply from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?)
In reply to: Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?)