Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 2:50 pm +0200 6/9/99, David Morton wrote: snip >I was told by a Leica employee, at Solms, that they had looked at the 15mm >Heliar, were impressed by the performance, and shocked at the low price. snip They would be further surprised to see the new 50/1.5 asph, 75/2.5, and 35/1.7 asph lenses at their prices. The latest issue of Asahi Camera reports "first impressions" on these lenses. The reporter (a pro who uses Leica, Contax, and many other brands) comments that they are surprisingly good in terms of sharpness, contrast, and bokeh. He even says that he sees those elegant looks that most of the mordern lenses have left behind. I myself had to admit excellent image quality of a portrait shot with the 50/1.5 wide open. With these lenses and bodies with rangefinders (coming shortly) and their rumoured AE brothers which were alluded by the CEO of Cosina several months ago, Cosina will definitely increase the number of prospective Leica users. I hope that Leica will always be attractive to them.... Mikiro Strasbourg