Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:52 PM 8/31/99 +0200, you wrote: >Does anyone who uses (or has used) both the Leica R and Contax SLR lenses >care to comment on the qualities of the respective lens lines? >Do they have a different "fingerprint" or is this largely in the eyes of >the beholder? Leica lenses tend to be a bit warmer than Contax lenses. Blake Ziegler, who is the Contax head guy for the U.S. says my observation is correct. I say Contax is blue, and he says Leica is yellow. So you're right about eye of the beholder. You can't go wrong with any of their lenses, but the selection of lenses is much more restricted than Leica. And the long and fast lenses are significantly more expensive in the Contax line. The 200 f/2 is something like $12,000 US. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence...