RE: [Leica] R zoom recommendation 3.5/35-70 (E60)

[Peterson Arthur G NSSC <PetersonAG@NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL>]

Cameras and lenses made to Leica specifications---whether made in Germany,
in Canada, in Portugal, or in Japan by Minolta or Kyocera---are cameras and
lenses made to Leica specifications.  It's inconceivable that Leica would
tolerate inferior products simply because they did not originate in Wetzlar
(or now in Solms).  Hans-Peter reports that slides by his Japanese-made
"3.5/35-70 [lens]...don't stick out, if mixed with [slides made by]
'genuine' Leica prime lenses," and Ted reports that "when slides from [his
German-made 3.5/35-70] lens come on the screen mixed with those from prime
Leica lenses there doesn't appear to be any difference."  What's more, the
optical formula is identical for these lenses.  I think it's safe to assume
they produce essentially equivalent results.   :-)

Art Peterson



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Ted Grant [mailto:tedgrant@home.com]
		Sent:	Friday, June 16, 2000 11:18 AM
		To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
		Subject:	Re: [Leica] R zoom recommendation 3.5/35-70
(E60)

		Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote:
		> 
		> I don't feel competent to confirm that my 3.5/35-70 (E60,
designed and
		> made by Minolta) has the "Leica look" or not., because my
experience
		> with non-Leica glas is limited and not exactly in the
premier league*. But
		> I would confirm that 3.5/35-70 slides don't stick out, if
mixed with
		> "genuine" Leica prime lenses of the same vintage. Before I
bought the lens,
		> I asked for some advice from the LUG which was positive.
Ted Grant for
		> instance described his 3.5/35-70 (Solms made E67, I think)
as his "work
		> horse".<<<<<<<<

		Hi Hans-Peter,
		I'd like to see a side by each comparison,  Minolta made
Leica 35-70
		with the German version I use,  as the German 35-70 gives me
outstanding
		image cutting results.  Even when slides from this lens come
on the
		screen mixed  with those from prime Leica lenses there
doesn't appear to
		be any difference.

		Has anyone out there had experience with both lenses at the
same time or
		do they have slides from both they have compared or could
compare?

		As I'm off to photograph an Indian Pow Wow for a couple of
days, I do so
		without reservation of results from the 35-70.  I'll be
using a mixture
		of M & R lenses, which I've done on occasions in the past.
And to try
		and be "unobtrusive" this time, I'm only working two R8's
and one M6
		instead of the usual three of each!  ;-)  It's not bad, as
one R8 with
		motor hangs on each shoulder the M around the neck, I'm
going light so's
		to speak. :-) Let you know if I see any particular
differences from the
		glass.  Film type? 99% 100VS, 1% 100 SW.

		ted