Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: Thank you for your reply. Looks like I'll be adding this to the Leica Bag. Now to fine one at the right price. I was advised not to pay over $500 or the newer 3 cam version. Any thoughts in this area. Cheers Wilber GFTBE Doug Herr wrote: > >>> > > Does anyone have any experience with the 135 F2.8 for the R. I want > something between the 90/100 and 180 and Leica stopped making this > lens. anyone know why other than maybe the 100 took sales away or was > it less than stellar in it's performance. > Cheers Wilber > <<< > > Wilbur, > > I've been using a first-version 135 (s/n 2172xxx, Wetzlar) for a few months > now and the optical performance is all I expect from a Leica-R lens. I did > a few informal comparisons with a 180 f/3.4 APO-Telyt-R (tripod-mounted) > and see little difference on Kodachrome 64. I can make a tiny bit of flare > show up if I work at it, and the far edges are somewhat less crisp at f/2.8 > but by stopping down to f/4 the image is sharp and contrasty from corner to > corner. An excellent lens. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt