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Subject: [Leica] Advantages of M lenses on the SL compared to R lenses? Adapters?
From: john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:55:20 +0000
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They are almost S lens size and weight, but only covering 35mm format.....
john
-----Original Message-----
Last October in Wetzlar, Peter Karbe presented data for the SL prime lenses
- the 50mm in particular. The image quality, based on the M lenses, was off
the scale. The SL lenses, based on Leica data and not inhibited by size and
not miniaturized, are the best lenses Leica has ever made.
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Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> I agree. I have the SL and all of the adapters for R and M lenses;
> however, I find myself reaching for the SL lenses instead.
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