Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] Less you scoff at R lenses compared to 21st Century M lenses.........
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 21:21:02 +0100
References: <005e01d2f511$fb020b30$f1062190$@verizon.net> <BF88B597-E060-4E84-A771-111DB06EAC0C@btinternet.com> <D58221F0.873DE%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>
 
I must say that I have always liked Minolta lenses. My favourite is the f1.2
50mm MC Rokkor ... which I can couple to (ie use with) M3 or my Fuji. 
Excellent
lens and even with the cost of adapter cheap compared with most other lenses 
of
similar aperture, if you don't mind 60s optics.

Peter

On 05/07/2017 09:57, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> Some Leica R zooms were actually Minolta designs, and the earlier ones
> were actually built by Minolta. That?s back when R-series cameras were
> still based on Minolta designs (R3, R4, R5, R6, R7).
> 

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Dr Peter Dzwig
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